This Hone on eBay?

Hello all, Brian here. I'm new to straight shaving and wanted to put together a setup on the cheap. I did some searches and came up with some great information here.

I was wondering if these vintage barber hones that I keep seeing up on eBay are any good? They seem to have been made by the same company but there's no brand name on them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...0588&rd=1&rd=1

They always seem to have a "For Barbers" note in the little box. Two sides, one side silicon carbide the other is a Franz Swaty fine grit clone.

Anyone an owner or have experience with?

:hmmm:

Anyone ever seen one of these?

:w

no idea - sorry. There are a large number of others that are widely known, so you may try one of them - e.g. Aloxite, Carborundum, Swaty, Apart, etc.

Cheers
Ivo

"Barber Hones" work great and are cheap, just don't expect super fine though some do come near.

PuFF