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Puff,

This is a great idea. There will probably be some naysayers along shortly, but even a highly subjective review of different hones would be an improvement over the near-total vacuum of info...

The pointers I got here really helped me figure out my barber hone issues. I've been able to get some great shaves off of a medium grit red barber hone that I have--the very first hone I bought, and...

These days I'm lapping barber hones and other stones with my DMT 320-grit diamond hone, which does a fantastic job. I can get them flat and smooth in 20 minutes or less. The downside is I get less of...

The test shave this morning went OK but not great--about what I expected. The shave with the edge from my Swaty was equivalent to what I would get off the 8K Norton. It shaves, but not particularly...

All right, so tomorrow I'm going to do my first barber hone test shave.

I have this big W&b quarter hollow that I've been working on for the last week, so I thought I'd make it my guinea pig. I...

My Swaty needed a lot of smoothing when I bought it, so I lapped it with 400-grit sandpaper, then polished it with something higher grit. The surface is so smooth it feels like glazed ceramic almost....

Wildtim,

OK, there's some stuff in here that I haven't tried before. I'm going to give it a shot, particularly the stroke you're describing.

MParker's suggestion about holding the razor by the...

I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship with my barber hones: I love them, but they don't treat me right.

Right now I have five: the three-hone package from Tilly with the Gem, cushion strop...