Barber's hone... how to?

[Drybonz]

Can anyone recommend a good video or even pictorial for honing, specifically with a barber's hone, please?

I have seen a bunch for honing, but having trouble finding something specific to barber's hones.

Thank you for your help.

 

[SliceOfLife]

I hold the hone flat in the palm of my offhand and start with the spine facing me and the heel leading the edge slightly (maybe 15 degrees on a 2" wide hone) then do an x stroke as if I were slicing a tomato (more of a pull from the tang then a push from the spine) flip it along the spine (usually by rotating the spine on the corner of the hone while I reposition the heel where I want it and laying the blade back down) so the edge is facing me (mirror copy of how I started) then complete the x stroke. Repeat as needed.

 

[Drybonz]

Are the barber's hones meant to be used dry?

 

[SliceOfLife]

Some are. I use mine with water (I don't use them often though, I prefer natural stones). I know a lot of folks that use them with shaving lather.

 

[Drybonz]

Some are. I use mine with water (I don't use them often though, I prefer natural stones). I know a lot of folks that use them with shaving lather.

Yeah, it seems like there are a lot of ways to do it, and even variations in the different brands of hone, as far as how you use them.

I'm hoping to find some kind of a comprehensive resource.

Thank you very much for your replies.

 

[Greybeard]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_uWwbmQlUM&feature=player_embedded#![/YOUTUBE]

 

[honed]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UaQyweJ7qU[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Magruder]

When you hone with the barber's hone in your hand, be sure that no part of your hand is in the razor's line of travel!

I learned this lesson the hard way a week ago. My thumb is almost completely healed now.

 

[wdwrx]

When you hone with the barber's hone in your hand, be sure that no part of your hand is in the razor's line of travel!

I learned this lesson the hard way a week ago. My thumb is almost completely healed now.

hahaha yep. Holds true for all of 'em. I haven't shed any blood yet, but more than once I've taken a thin little layer of skin right off the side of my thumb when it peeks up a little too much.