Thread: new hones

Here are some pics some of the hones that I have made. I have been bouncing ideas back and forth with Randy on different things to try. I have finally made a hone that I am happy with. It is 1.5 X 8. It has .5 chrome oxide for the abrasive and it is bound by shellac. I used the hone after the 8K Norton - I'm tickled with the results, a very nice shave. I know one data point is not much of a trend and I do not know how it will work over time i.e., glazing lapping. Randy and I have been messing with this for awhile and it is good to have some positive results.


The second hone is a trial barber hone. It has .5 chrome ox and 1.8 boron on either side. The barber hone process still has some bugs to be worked out, but I figured I would show it anyway. The barber hone works well, but is cosmetically and dimensionally flawed. I need to make it thicker and get rid of the pores.


Charlie