Thread: Can someone identify this hone?

I have never see a barber hone like this. I think I know what it is, but I'm. not sure. Is it BBW/coticule?

The two pieces appear to be glued together, and it is really small even compared to my other barber hone. Maybe 2 inches by 4 inches.

Hmm. Man-made one side, Coti on the other?

Just an opinion -- that's a heckuva find. The man-made Carborundum razor hones are excellent and well-respected. Add a coti to it -- sweet. I've never seen that hone before, nice find.

Originally Posted by stimpy52

Just an opinion -- that's a heckuva find. The man-made Carborundum razor hones are excellent and well-respected. Add a coti to it -- sweet. I've never seen that hone before, nice find.

For 18 bucks I was willing to gamble. It was on a shelf at an antique mall next to some way overpriced honed out blades. This was very inexpensive in comparison to the crazy prices for junker blades.

In all honesty, I have never honed with anything natural so I have no clue on even how to use this thing.

Originally Posted by rbaker2778

In all honesty, I have never honed with anything natural so I have no clue on even how to use this thing.

There are plenty of tutorials and vids so take a looksee and you'll get the hang of it in no time. Assuming you've been practiced on synthetics the muscle memory is the same. Try the yellow side with a bit of water and a razor already at the 8k level and see if the edge is improved. You might also try it with some light slurry to speed it up a bit.

Without wanting to hijack the post I picked up a similar little carborundum hone this week in perfect condition it really feels silky smooth must be easily 8K + the size 1 1/2 inches by 4 inches, and best of all I paid nothing for it.

I have one around, I am not so sure is a coticule, the white part smell very cement like. I may be wrong, I will try to find it and post pictures, but some of the manufacturing company try to copy the actual coticule.

Originally Posted by livio

I have one around, I am not so sure is a coticule, the white part smell very cement like. I may be wrong, I will try to find it and post pictures, but some of the manufacturing company try to copy the actual coticule.

I am very interested as to what you find if yours is the same. This sure looks and feels like every other coticule I have seen but there aren't that many in my list for comparison.

Yeah, the yellow side doesn't quite look like a real coticule. It could be made of coti-dust or to look like a coti.

Interesting. It is labeled Belgian combination hone not that it means much. I will have to show it to some veterans in my area and see if anyone can pinpoint exactly what it is.