Thread: Help identifying old barbers hone?

You may not have a barbers hone, it might actually be a Degussit ruby bench hone,,, used mainly to sharpen jeweler's tools & medical instrument,,,, but,,, will work into the razor progression.

look at the top picture of yours,,, the wooden container is not as "deep" as the other half,,,,,that means that is where the hone was mounted,,,,,allowing the hone to rise above the case,,, the hone was glued at one time (manufactured) into that half,,,,,,,look at the surface of the hone in the first photo,,, that could be the left over residue of the glue used to mount it.
If the hone cleans to a ruby color, instead of brown/tan,,,, then it bis probably a ruby hone.

Here are photos of mine, almost NOS condition,,,,

This would be my guess,,,,,,