Thread: Bought 4 hones, anyone know the characteristics?

I decided to buy a few hones to try out. I bought all four from Tilly (redtrader99... an excellent person to deal with) but don't really know exactly how one differs from another.

I purchased the following hones:

Itsapeach
Gem
Cushion hone
lithide

Could anyone guestimate in order which is most coarse and which is most fine? I'm sure some if not all overlap each other in terms of function, but I figured one couldn't have too many hones.

Any other characteristics of any of these hones will be greatly appreciated!

BTW, are any of these hones considered "barber" hones?

Thanks in advance!

Dan

Dan,
I am eager to se the replys myself. I have one of eveything Tilly has ever offered but have had little time to experiment with them. I would love to be able to catagorize each as to grit, application, etc.... without a lot of trial and error.
She offers a great selection and is a first class dealer to work with. Once these are gone it would be hard to ever assemble such a nice assortmen again.


Tony

Maybe Hal Wilson or Joe Lerch will chime in here.
They will have the answer on those hones.