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There are a lot of 'barber hones' on the evil auction site. Many are brown, some red, some dark grey/black, etc...
How would you go about determining what grit the stone would be classified as? Comparing scratch patterns to the one created by a 'known' hone?
Some of them go cheap enough to just give them a try and see how they shave but what was the criteria for calling a hone a 'barber hone'? I'm guessing that many of them are hard arkansas stones of one sort or another.
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Originally Posted by kelbro
Scratch patterns for sure. If you are looking at barber hones, I recommend Carborundum. I have 2 of em, and they are very tough, very consistent, and work great.
I think the consensus on Carborundum hones is, the lower the number, the "finer" the cutting action, e.g. my No.108 is "coarser" than my No.102. But both work great and yield a sharp and comfortable shaving edge. Also, once they are lapped flat, you can use em for a looooong time before they dish out appreciably.
I use quotations around fine and coarse when referring to Carbo's, they supposedly all have the same carborundum grit size, just use a different matrix to hold the particles in place. :shrug:
I have heard that Swaty hone grit is determined by the number of lines of text on the hone: the three line is finer than the 2 line. I don't have either, so I can't say, but lots of guys like em.
Be careful when buying no-name hones, I have a few that I wouldn't dare to use on a razor, way to coarse!
Hope this helps.
small contradiction there:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by joke1176
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Originally Posted by edk442
oh yeah.:fim: I will edit the post, good catch. I wasn't quite awake when I posted that, I guess, hurrrrr.
The classic Barber Hones are usually a ceramic type product. The carborundum are very different as are the Arkansas stones (quartz if I recall correctly).
A lot of the barber hones are a "finishing" grit size, somewhere in the 6000-10,000 range. Not a hone to use to restore an old razors edge. They are primarily for "refreshing" or "touching up" an edge.
There are combination grit barber hones that can do a bit more. You can tell those, usually, by the different colors on each side.
The 3 line Swaty has proven to be an effective performer. Supposedly finer than the 2 line Swaty but....
This can all be frustrating to a new guy but they are really cool and not to expensive.....usually.
Hope this helps,:)