Thread: Small stones

Originally Posted by bouschie

I have one that is about 1" by 2".

I have a translucent Arkansas like that it was a freebie out of a lot and personality I don't think there's any point to mine. It doesn't make a good slurry stone and it's probably a bit pointless for fish hooks.

4x1 is about as small as I care to go. Here's a video honing on a 4x 1 1/4 coticule. I use it as a travel stone

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dCtfSAMvuaY

I have a small coticule, 23x101 mm (a bit under 1"x4"). I have honed a few razors on it (full honing), and found it a doable challenge, if you will. I used to have a 5x20 cm coticule, but sold it as I found it uncomfortably large - too long and too heavy. I have come to prefer thinner hones.

I love small stones. At first, the only reason I got the smaller stones was because I couldn't afford the big ones. Ha! But I have grown to really like small stones, and like the Spender said, they are very nice to hold in a flat hand while honing. I find I have more control using the smaller stones this way. Here's my collection of small stones, not including my Barber hones. The bottom right 3 stones are my favorites and are all 1"x5". My "Magic" Coticule that is very fine, a yellow/green combination Thuringian, and a dark blue Thuringian that is finer than the yellow/green. I've used the dark blue Thuri on the last 7 razors I've honed and the edges I've been getting off of it have been incredible.

Originally Posted by Dcaddo1

4x1 is about as small as I care to go. Here's a video honing on a 4x 1 1/4 coticule. I use it as a travel stone

I have one just like that. It is a good hone.