Thread: Barber hone

I just got a pike and co barber hone of ebay it only cost me £3.75 deliverd it was in great condition i lapped just to make sure i use a coticule and thats it nower days. I have a shave ready razor i dulled it with one swipe on glass i wanted to try it it out as hi bud always goes on about how good barbers hone is for touch ups. The razor would not shave arm hair and tpt i could slide my thumb across edge with out cutting into my skin. five pases and the tpt responded realy well i did another five and the edge feels realy sticky this thing must cut quik as i can now shave arm hair so easy i did a tfurther 5 passes and the edge is fine aprt from very tip of toe which i must of dulled more but i'm sure a thew more strokes would work. How do barber hones do this they feel so smooth and like there is nothing happening?

its early days for me i have got this hone to take to austrailia with me as travel hone but i may use it more often. i don't no how the shave would feel of this hone but i'm sure it would be fine.

Just tryed same thing on another razor i dulled and after 3o laps the edge started to come back i did another 20 even better so for a fine hone this cuts fairly quik i heard they are rated at about 9k the razors were only slightly dulled not blunted

Thank you, thank you, thank you! But I believe you will find the majority of them above the 9k mark.

it was just what some one told me i also realize they are meant to be used for touch ups
i would say this would touch a razor up with easy five strokes. I like my coticule for persnal reasons but one of these is all some would need for maintance surley

Most of my barber hones work well with about 5 laps. Sounds like you found a great buy. Congratulations.

Could or does any one use barber hones as finishing hones(polishing) i would of thought you could but on the other hand they do cut quik so they may not ?

I use a barber hone as my finishing hone around 90% of the time. After that some newspaper for 80 to 200 stropping laps. A hone doesn't need to be a slow cutter to make a good finishing hone.

If your polishing you would'nt want a fast cutting barber hone in case you was to over hone i'm just guessing /how many laps do you do for final polish on barbers hone about 5 to 10?

Originally Posted by gary haywood

Could or does any one use barber hones as finishing hones(polishing) i would of thought you could but on the other hand they do cut quik so they may not ?

Gary this is just learning process and we all in it including myself may be the front runner to learn as much as i can.
i have used barber hone after 8k norton and Coticule. Name of the hone is frictionate 00 with great results.dry.
I should say you will find a lot finer barber hones out there. one of them is a panama hone i would put grit level approximatley12-16k level.
they are so many barber hones and takes a lot time to learn them. After looking for 4 years i finally find norton barber hone . haven't tried it yet but will test it soon and post picture of it.

Gary, I use a Barber hone prior to every shave, just 3 lapps usually, it keeps me from honing for quite a while....