Thread: CROX on a frosted glass

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Honing stroke , X stroke also . It maybe wrong , i open this thread , because this question bothers me for a long time . Please experiment and feel free to tell your observations , i am going crasy may be .
The worst case scenario is to degrade an good edge , so to avoid misleading if you do it , do it sceptical , lets not give to the passion cheats us that it work marvelously .

As a matter of fact this is not a new idea, but in fact quite an old one, and I can attest that it works quite well, especially to refresh a blade. Here is a picture of an old Barber Hone that was manufactured and sold on this very principle of using 'Glass' as the finishing surface. Although it was designed to be used with ordinary pencil lead (Graphite) I see no reason why CrOx wouldn't work as well...

Here is a pic of a 'Venetian Brand Glass Barber Hone' in my collection:





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