Thread: I have a question about a hone

I am nearing a very quick need for at least a barbers hone. I was at Lowes today for some other stuff and went to their knife section and saw a three sided hone. It had a medium stone (600 grit), a fine stone (don't know what the grit was on that, I think it said 750 grit), and a synthetic stone (with no grit mentioned). Question is, Would I ruin the edge of my str8 trying to touch up the blade with the synthetic stone? I know it is hard to say without a grit count listed, but am assuming that it is a higher grit than the hard (750) stone. Right now, I am a stropping fool, trying to extend the edge that it has now. I only have 7 shaves on it, but I got it from my son, who has been using it before he sent it on to me. He had Glen hone it B4 he started using it. And it's a GD, and I'm reading that they are a cheap razor, which indicates to me the edge won't hold as long as a better steel of a good razor.

Stay away from the trihone and get yourself a barber hone. Barber hone + stropping will keep your razor going for a long time. You could even add in a cheap Chromium Oxide pasted strop to the mix if you want a finer edge than the barber hone can provide.

The highest grit on the tri hone is about 1000 grit. Good for knives but not good for razors.

Alrighty then, Thank You!

As mentioned above...stay away from it! Finest "grit" that set might be is 1K, that's where we start on honing a razor & sometimes end up at around 30K.

Good advice from the others, The tri hone is most definitely a knife hone. You would for sure, tear up your razor. Barber hones are great for maintaining a shave ready blade just starting to dull, Check the wiki here, we have a hone table. Hones - comparison table - Straight Razor Place Wiki
Barber hones are normally rated at 8-12k, usually favoring the higher end. If you have a woodcraft near you, you can pick up a 12k hone. They have the Chinese 12k.
With a slurry, it's not a bad hone. It's much larger than a barber hone, gives you more honing surface, and imo, a better value, The price of Barber hones has really jumed. I've seen them well over 50.00.

Here's the stone I'm talking about. You can use it just like a Barber hone. Natural Polishing Water Stone - Woodcraft.com

Just another option. Barber hones are great too, I use them.