Thread: "Quarter hones"

Yeah that was intended as a double entendre.

I had no intention of dredging up this thread again but I was asked a question about the quarter hones that led me to visit the website.

I was dismayed to find THIS statement.

Quarter 1.5" x 4" Norton- $60

Even though the hones are smaller than a full size hone, they are 50% larger than the average barbers hone. You will have no problem honing straight razors.Even though short X passes are possible, you will probably use more circular motions than you would with a larger surface hone.

Now that is patently not true. The area of the quarter hone is 6 square inches (1.5x4=6).

Let's review basic algebra.

6 is 50% larger than what?
6 is 150% of what?
6=1.5*X
6/1.5=X
X=4

So the claim is that the area of the "average" barber hone is 4 square inches.

So the "average" barber hone could be
2"x2"
or
1.5" x 2.7"
or
1" X 4"

Now, do any of those sound seem to be the size of an "average" barber hone?

I own quite a few barber hones. Anyone reading this is going to have to trust me that the true average dimension of a barber hone is pretty much that of a Swaty. Those dimensions are 2" X 5" and so its area is 10 square inches.

So the true average area of a barber hone is 250% greater than claimed (4*2.5=10) and that quarter hone actually is only 60% of the size of an average barber hone, not 50% bigger.

In reality the quarter hone is about half the size of an average barber hone.

Good luck with that.