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For what it's worth, I'm happy with the Swaty I just picked up. The Amercan barber hone of undetermined manufacture I've yet to hone a blade and give a proper shave test. Perhaps when I'm finished...

The best I can intuit is the (most probable) medium used in these old barber hones is carborundum (Aluminum Oxide). The material measured in my post above was 30 microns (600 grit). The binding...

Found a pretty good answer! And it is surprising to say the least...

https://scienceofsharp.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/the-barber-hone/

So basically the reason a barber's hone is both very quick...

I read a lot of threads on barber's hones, since I recently picked a few up. This was one of them. There are a lot of conflicting opinions on everything from the grit rating to how long the edge...