Quote Originally Posted by Druid View Post
So, were the hones marketed by Olivia as Frankonians truly Frankonians? I don't recall them looking anything like the stones pictured.
Of the gents that tried them, I don't recall anyone being terrible impressed..

But, I appreciate the topic, and all the work you put in!
As already written, the hones I talk about are not comparable to any hone named frankonian I have every seen or read about. The hones that Olivia sold some years ago have been hard endfinishers as I recall. I have asked her once about the origin of that hones but never get an answer. They might be somewhere from the frankonian area, but are not comparable to the hones I have researched. These hones are softer, the hardness is somehow comparable to thuringian waterhones and they are not solely endfinishers. As written these frakonians can do the "whole job" beginning from bevel set to endfinishing. It took me about 20 min to get a bevel set razor (good steel quality, full hollow ground) shave ready. The endfinishing is very smooth and skin-frindly, also for those who normally have problems with razor burn.