Thread: Help IDing a hone

Originally Posted by sqzbxr

Lots of pictures and details of the various veins here:

http://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%2020...whetstones.pdf

Been looking for that all night! Thank you!!!

Oh it would be a shame to send all that coti down the drain. I would either use it as is with a dedicated razor or cut the extreme ends off and use them as rub stones. After the high spots at the ends are cut off you won't have to remove/waste anywhere near as much material to flatten the middle section.

Originally Posted by eKretz

Oh it would be a shame to send all that coti down the drain. I would either use it as is with a dedicated razor or cut the extreme ends off and use them as rub stones. After the high spots at the ends are cut off you won't have to remove/waste anywhere near as much material to flatten the middle section.

I agree mate, just that I don't have the required toolage to cut the coti. Instead I'm thinking of lapping carefully enough to capture the slurry. Letting it stand and settle, to separate from the water for use during subsequent honing sessions.

A hacksaw will do the job! I've cut countless stones with a hacksaw in the past.

Originally Posted by eKretz

A hacksaw will do the job! I've cut countless stones with a hacksaw in the past.

OK you got me intrigued now. So you proposing to cut the stone laterally along the addition light (e.g., La Dressente) layer - parallel to the seam. Or make two perpendicular cuts on either end to shorten the length and come out with two slurry stones?

Originally Posted by stillshunter

OK you got me intrigued now. So you proposing to cut the stone laterally along the addition light (e.g., La Dressente) layer - parallel to the seam. Or make two perpendicular cuts on either end to shorten the length?

Sorry mate I just reread your response again. So you do mean cut off the two ends. You know I really like this idea! Noting the stone is 7" long, how much would you recommend losing each end...1/2 or full inch each?

P.S., will just a normal 'for metal' blade do the deed?

Resist flattening that stone before you at least spend some time on it.You may be surprised at
the results,it's less work just to leave it alone too.Lots of barber's hones look that way... Rather,lots of barber's coticules look that way...

Originally Posted by stillshunter

Sorry mate I just reread your response again. So you do mean cut off the two ends. You know I really like this idea! Noting the stone is 7" long, how much would you recommend losing each end...1/2 or full inch each?

P.S., will just a normal 'for metal' blade do the deed?

I would lay a straight edge across the stone and get an idea about the curvature that way. You might find that if you remove a half inch from either end you won't have to lap off anywhere near as much to get it flat. Even an inch off either side wouldn't kill it for me, I like 2" X 5" stones quite a lot, but I hand hold my stones. A plain metal cutting hacksaw blade will easily make two cuts through that stone.

Alternatively, you could just leave it as is, but you'd have to pretty much dedicate whatever razor you used to that stone unless you wanted to reset the bevel anytime you switched to a different stone with that razor - which would be a waste of steel. For myself, I'd rather flatten the stone.

Depending on how consistent the dish is, it could be used strictly as a finisher with water only. I have a vintage coti with a similar dish. I'll do my dilutions on another stone then finish water only on the dished stone. The dish creates a secondary bevel similar to what you would get if you taped the spine. The edges off the dished stone shave great. I'd at least give it a try before I lapped or cut it, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Just for giggles, don't lap it yet. Try honing a razor on it as is. Clearly someone else was using it in that condition in order for it to get to that condition so see if you can replicate their stroke.

I have a coticule dished much worse than that. Rather than lapping it away, I use the high ends as rubbing stones. I'll have that sucker flat in another 30-40 years!

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