Barber's Hones in the UK?

[tbaac]

Are they a thing there/here?

Looking on ebay there's some fairly cheap in the US and in certain parts of Europe but nothing here.
Do we just not have them much here?

Thanks.

[DoughBoy68]

Not many barber hones on eBay. There are a couple of Swaty's very reasonably priced but shipping to the UK may be high. They are considered some of the better barber hones and are highly sought after. I own one and am very happy with it.

[tbaac]

Thanks for that. As you say the shipping is pretty high. I'd thought of getting on in the spirit of 'experiment a bit with that, get used to it' in line with what I understood from Lynn's DVD.
But adding the cost of shipping brings the price up a bit.

[tbaac]

I see that Whipped Dog had a "BH161027G Barber's Hone" for $16 plus $5 shipping to the UK, which seemed reasonable.

I was also considering WD's unseen razors as well as a first blade.