Thread: inherited barber hone + honemeister available?

Actually just using brake cleaner and MAYBE a toothbrush should do the trick. A full can should do the trick.

Hi guys -

Thanks for the responses. Definitely worthwhile information there. Unfortunately this hone is old enough (or used enough) that the stickers on one side is no longer readable, and the sticker on the other side only says where it came from.

hi yci,

so for my c-mon two-sided hone, the sticker says to start on the darker side first, then finish on the redder side. on mine the redder side of the hone has an impression, a logo or some writing, thus making the usable surface of the redder side shorter.

lickthefrog -

Very much appreciate the info. Mine is set up like yours, with a depression on the end of the red side with the writing in it.

Definitely appreciate all the info. Saved me from attempting to do it backwards (starting on the red) with any razor I ultimately put to it.

Most likely will work just fine.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

I have 2 other possible strategies that I wanted to run by the experts before officialy recommending them

A)
1) Soak in alcohol
2) Scrub with a toothbrush
3) Another soak
4) Another scrub
5) Rinse

B)
Same as A but use gasoline instead... Give it a final cleaning with brake cleaner (it dissolves oil and it evaporates QUICKLY).

Ha!

Wipe it off and let it dry

Originally Posted by rtaylor61

Randy,

Do you "fire it up" or let it dry after applying the starter fluid?

RT

lickthefrog, I say that your are very fortunate to have inherited 4 razors and a barber hone. Cherish them and treasure them. Also use them because that is why they were made and purchased.

Reguarding hones--there are oil stones and water stones. All arkansas stones are oil stones. The water stones are a recent developement in this country. brought over from Japan the waterstones work very well.

All arkansas stones, from the very soft washita to the hard and fine surgical black or transparent is an oil stone. A thin, light oil is what should be used ont these hones, perhaps they could be used with water, but traditionaly they are oil stones. These are excellent hones, but probably not for use on razors, not fien enough.

If you want a natural stone for honing razors, look to the belgiums. The Blue Belgium and the Yellow Couitical. These should be used with water.

glrerun,

i feel very lucky, indeed. two of the razors were used by my barber, whom i just started going to, but my father-in-law knows him for years and my kids' pictures are on his wall. i usually cut my own hair.

he uses the barber straight razor-like blade to trim sideburns, so i took a stab and asked him about straight razors. i was using a shavette at the time and he just told me he used to use real straights.

so when the shavette blades failed me, i brought up straight razors with the barber again and he told me he had some. i offered to buy them, but he just gave them to me.

when they're fixed up i'm going to show them to him and ask him which ones he used.

i'm excited by all this. using a str8 is more ecologically sound than my old way of shaving, it takes more skill than my old way, it's more pleasurable, and it helps me further cultivate my weird status in other people's eyes.