Thread: Barber hone to the resque

I noticed my straight razor had a small micro chip in the blade so I got out the norton 4k- 8k and started working on it. Before long the chip was gone so on to the 8k. Edge looking good, went to chinese 12k .5 diamond on balsa then .3 cro x on balsa.
Must be an off day it was not where I wanted it to be.
Said to heck with it. Drug out my Dovo 4 sided strop with stone, made some lather. Put it on the stone and did 4 passes with the razor, wiped the stone off let it dry and did 3 more passes.
Reached over and pulled some hair out of the cat and did the hanging hair test with 6 fine hairs and smilled. The razor had cut all six hairs at the touch of the blade.
That gave me a new respect for that razor hone. Went on to linen then leather and shaved. it produced a very nice smooth shave and was no where near as much trouble to use as my other hones.


Silver2

Poor Kitty!

So, where does the barber hone fit in this story?