Thread: using a barber hone

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

If you tell a very funny joke, you'll get to see the true "Rolling X"

Bring over some BC 'gold' and you can see the same thing.

Originally Posted by JeremyLee

How many passes can I do on this hone before it is too many?

It really depends on your material that your dealing with in the razor. I use my swaty as a final finishing hone and a touch up hone. On my final finish I probably do ~ 20- 30 passes (I never count, just always flip).

I have had to revert to the DE as none of my straights are useable thanks to my attempts with a barber hone, and one dropped Wapi. Far as I can tell the stroke is ok; I don't know. Too bad I don't live near anyone who could give a little in-person criticism. And I don't have a video camera. I was gonna shell out for a set of hones, but second guessing that now. Thanks for all the help guys.

Oh, and i have been doing 5 strokes as per Holli4pirating's suggestion.

I often show people when they stop by some of my barber hones. The ones that are still in their original boxes with instructions all say to use about 5 strokes. I always thought this was pretty cool from a refreshing standpoint because for a refresh, that generally works very well. I'll try to take a pic of one.

Lynn