Thread: Small stones

in case of emergency: my two travel hones with their tomo naguras. they work but aren't that much fun to use.

hans

Originally Posted by sqzbxr

No, it's a 32 - what is the difference between the two?

I would have to see a complete pic of yours partially unfolded to see the difference. Mine has four segments that fold up.

It kind of blew my mind to see yours with a straight razor because I got mine with some stuff of my Grandfather's, including his Lakeside Cutlery Army/Navy straight razor and his barber hone.

Now I might put his Stanley 32 1/2 in my razor cabinet.

BTW the smallest are the worst: they get trapped in the ureter causing colics

My travel kit, a coti bout and worn out dmt mini. Hey, it works and for about the cost of a Happy Meal !

Sometimes great things come in small packages.
Mike

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Originally Posted by MODINE

Sometimes great things come in small packages.
Mike

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Beautiful stones. Are some of them arkansas stones.

Here are some interesting small hones, the top row are about 100mm/4" long. Left to right, top row: A pretty Hatanaka iro, colored with deep kiita, green, blue, and rose, very hard and fine, and very, very fast, maybe the fastest stone I have. Half length strokes are fine if the stone cuts twice as fast! Next, a green/mizu asagi, also hard, fine, and fast, but not quite as fast as the Hatanaka. The smallest is a Narutaki iro with a piece of King 1k glued to the back. Good traveler stone. Far right, a small but richly colored kiita, also a good traveler. Below is a piece of old style kiita, more of a light chocolate than yellow. The back side, and most of the hone is almost an identical color to a yellow-green Thuringian. One reason you'd use such a stone is that the quality is equal to the very best stones I have, the Hatahoshi and Hatanaka bench stones costing ten or more times as much.

Cheers, Steve

Originally Posted by aaron1234

Beautiful stones. Are some of them arkansas stones.

No sir, these are European sourced stones. I would not recommend for persons starting out to obtain such stones.