Thread: Help honning stone

Hello to all the guys in here and if there is ladies hello to you as well. I just started straight shaving about a month ago and I love it. I'm currently using a Vincent straight razor wich has disposable razors. i love it and I use it well. I have to crawl before I walk lol. I just bought a straiht razor from ebay so i havnet used it since I havent recieved it but i cant wait. My question is i bought this stone from the Swap meet or flee market which you wish to call it. I would like to know if anybody knows anything about it. It has a soft tar like stick and it was put on the stone which made look black. The stone feels very smooth and when i place water on it it feels smooth also. I just dont know what the stick is for. I sharpen a kitchen knife to slice paper very nice. I sharpened a pocket knife with it also. On the other side has like a slope to a pool like feuture.So I'm wonder is it some kind of resouvoir for shaving but it very small to use for that. or maybe is a feature to lock in the stone? dont know help.

Welcome to SRP ! What I think you have there is a Chinese or Japanese inkstone called a suzuri. You can read about them here. I have a couple and have never tried to hone on them. Thanks for the post. I may have had the hone I needed all along before I got the Norton, Shapton, Escher, Coticule etcetera. Kidding aside, the reservoir is where you make the ink. You add a small amount of water and rub your ink stick making the solution. It never occurred to me that it might be useful for honing although some of these stones are natural. I doubt if it would be useful for honing razors but when I get home from work tonight I may give it a try.

Well, well, Ink Stone huh. Well i bought for 2 dollars and it came with a box. I fuguired it had to something with ink because it was getting on my fingers when i was washin it off the stone. i turned it over and i felt the smoothness of it and it was nice. I tried to hone some knives with it and it came out nice. lol hey I got my 2 dollars worth then some. Thanks for your answer. Right on the dot!

Originally Posted by k33m0

Well, well, Ink Stone huh. Well i bought for 2 dollars and it came with a box. I fuguired it had to something with ink because it was getting on my fingers when i was washin it off the stone. i turned it over and i felt the smoothness of it and it was nice. I tried to hone some knives with it and it came out nice. lol hey I got my 2 dollars worth then some. Thanks for your answer. Right on the dot!

You could always list your "RARE, ANTIQUE, VINTAGE" ink stone on e-bay if it doesn't work out for you.

That is a very nice ink stick and stone there. Very good buy at $2!

Steven

Originally Posted by k33m0

Well, well, Ink Stone huh. Well i bought for 2 dollars and it came with a box. I fuguired it had to something with ink because it was getting on my fingers when i was washin it off the stone. i turned it over and i felt the smoothness of it and it was nice. I tried to hone some knives with it and it came out nice. lol hey I got my 2 dollars worth then some. Thanks for your answer. Right on the dot!

I suppose you could try honing a razor with it but you're definitely in 'unknown grit' territory. Bit of a gamble.

Now, I wonder if a big enough calligraphy brush can replace my silvertips

Definitely an inkstone for making ink. They tend to be very smooth stones, so if it is lapped well it might make a decent hone or even a polishing stone, but it's hard to tell.
J.

What do you mean if its lap well. Does that mean if it has a flat surface? If thats what you mean it really does. but I dont know about polishing because i tried to polish my gold ring and it left some small scratches or maybe i did it too hard I dont know Im new at this but i am watching videos and learning.

Have you tried to hone with it?

Seems a waist to me to try and lapp and hone with it. Hone with hone, and do calligraphy with ink sticks and stones.

Steven