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I can't recall, is the Carborundum 103 one of the dual sided hones? I think when looking for a quick, easy, and cost effective solution a 2 sided barber hone may be the best one available.

If not...

Actually his quartered CNAT is %50 of the honing surface area. He cut a 2" x 8" x 1" hone so that it's 2" x 4" x 1/2"

So the quartered Cnat actually isn't too bad. Still a tiny bit short, but...

Well, for $60 it's actually the whole Norton line. 1/4 Norton lapping stone (which needs to be flattened itself before use and regularly during...), 220/1,000 and 4/8. But that doesn't make it much...

I'm aware, I just realized that 'clean up' is too open to interpretation. Especially if one has read about standard practices for hone prep that almost always start with lapping any new-to-you hone....

+1 to what Utopian said. When I said clean up, I meant soap, water, & scotch brite pad. Not lapping.

I haven't used a Carborundum. So I can't comment there. Utopian may be able to answer that...

I would say that Shumate looks to be in really good condition, just needs to be cleaned up a bit. The Swaty is a tiny bit rough, but most likely serviceable. It's in better condition than mine was...

Yes, the M5 is different from the Kuromaku. With the M5 only 1/4" is honing material. The Kuromaku is %100 honing material. I don't know what the difference in performance would be, I've never used...

The forum absolutely refuses to let me point out that buying the quarter Nortons is paying half price for 1/4 of the product. Or that his claim is true, IF you include the thickness dimension of the...

Unfortunately no one makes barber hones anymore. So the only place to get them is the vintage market. Ebay, antique stores, garage/yard/estate sales, etc. They're old, so it's hard to tell what...

Simplest thing you can do is get Chrome Oxide spray from SRD and put that on the back of your linen if you use a hanging strop. You can keep an edge going quite a while with just a quick touch up on...