Quote Originally Posted by Bevo View Post
would you consider a barber hone to be a finishing hone? Would you take a blade from an 8000 grit stone to a barber hone and then to CrOx? Or is it only for touch ups and has nothing to do with a normal honing progression. I could be missing the whole point of a barber hone. I have about 2 weeks of str8 shaving under the belt and finally starting to get better.
I used to do just that with my Norton 4/8 and on to a Swaty as if it were a finisher. I used water only. I continued with that setup until I got a high grit finisher and it worked well for me. Depends on the barber hone but most are within the realm of doing that.