Thread: Have you seen anything like this?

Hi all,

I got this in a lot of hones/stones I bought:





There were two, exactly the same, in the lot. So, like I said, they came with a bunch of hones which were pretty clearly at least partially razor-related (two ceramic hones, a natural belgian combo, a few others which I haven't been able to identify).

What's odd, at least to me, is that they seem, by feel and by smell, to be (somewhat soft) rubber. It certainly has the appearance, perhaps misleadingly so, of being intended for razors -- the size, shape, chamfering. Has anyone heard of a rubber hone? Maybe for stropping or something?

I'm not looking to use them -- my Tony Miller strop works wonderfully -- I'm just curious.

Thanks,

cass

You know, I saw an old AFDavis11 post where he said he used the side of the tires of his military vehicle to strop his straight at one point! As I recall, he said it did the job in a pinch, so its likely that that was the intended purpose of those hones, or, maybe a bed for a little sharpening paste!?

Originally Posted by JMS

You know, I saw an old AFDavis11 post where he said he used the side of the tires of his military vehicle to strop his straight at one point! As I recall, he said it did the job in a pinch, so its likely that that was the intended purpose of those hones, or, maybe a bed for a little sharpening paste!?

I bet a piece of hard rubber would be awesome for pasted stropping!

I have used rubber 'stones' when I was a Tool and Die Maker. The rubber was impregnated with abrasive materials and has different 'grits'. I probably have a few in the tool boxes. They weren't very large, the biggest being 1 x 1 x 5. I used them to polish and de-burr the cutting edge on end mills w/. a radius.