Thread: Marble straight razor sharpener?

Has any of you seen one of these before???

Never seen anything like it, looks a little cool, but does it work?
Someone, grab it and give it a try and post the result!!
Antique Marble(s) Straight Razor Sharpeners (2) - eBay (item 200247947630 end time Aug-26-08 13:03:22 PDT)


Best regards

Clas

I seem to remember these popping up here about a year ago, and it was determined that they were a cool piece of shaving history, but not practical for real use. But I could be mistaken.

Same here. I remember they were on ebay, I think someone even bought them out of curiousity and they were a sham device.

Interesting. I bought a piece of leather to use for a bench strop at a western goods store awhile back and told the guy what it was going to be used for. Now of course everyone's an expert and he said while he didn't actually own a straight razor he had it on good authority that the best way to maintain an edge was to sharpen it on the top edge of your car window glass. Somehow I just haven't gotten around to trying that yet....

If I had a dollar for everyone who has told me how to hone or maintain a straight who has never held one in their hands well I'd be......

ok i'm gunna say that i have no idea about the marble thing but certain car class will put a very good edge o a blade i have done it many times with my knives but would not even try with a razor because the edge is way to fine you would destroy it with the amount of pressure you have to use

If I recall correctly, I think the basic problem with them was that the angle between the marbles relative to the edge of the razor was such that the bevel was not touched, thus making fairly useless for razor honing.