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HAHAHA! Yes, I've probably spent enough to buy DE blades for 100 years. But my "condition" has transformed shaving from a chore that I hated, to a luxury that I look forward to every morning....

Prior to the Swatys, my only experience with barber hones was Tilly's beginner set, which was comprised of three NOS hones which had never been used. None of the three was perfectly flat, and two of...

I'm a minimalist by nature myself. I only have 4 different barber hones and the Chinese 12K. However, there are a few external factors that do complicate the issue.

-- If your father never taught...

Wow. You guys are amazing. You're right again.

Since I've been using these hones for coarse bevel-setting (i.e. hogging off large amounts of metal), I went back to the sandpaper just to convince...

Hmmm, a lot of questions about the Swatys. I bought both of them on Ebay. One says:
FRANZ SWATY
WAHRING BEI WIEN
(AUSTRIA)

The other says:
F. SWATY WAHRING
BEI WIEN (AUSTRIA)

I lapped both...

Those who who have been reading my threads know that, until a couple days ago, I was honing exclusively with barber hones. I started with Tilly's 3-hone beginner set, then added a couple Swatys just...