Barber hones are notoriously hard to lap, and to help me get some hones flattened I bought a DMT 320-grit diamond hone. This thing works like a charm. I lapped a beat-up Swaty in about 20 minutes.

Would anybody be interested in sending me hones to lap? I think I'd be willing to do it for $8 plus shipping. It would save you some frustrating hours or the expense of a diamond hone, and it would help me recoup the cost of my new hone.

If the volume or time needed is more than I'm anticipating, I might have to call this off, but I thought I'd see if there was any interest. If there was a lot of interest, I might come up with a sliding price scale for various hone repair services.

If you plan to lap a lot of hones, though, I highly recommend this stone. I got mine from www.theperfectedge.com.

Let me know what you think.
Josh