Thread: Anyone Know This Hone ???

Most manmade stones are 2" wide, this is 1 7/16 which is more normal for a natural razor stone. Most manmade barber hones are 1/2" or less. This is 7/8" which is also more common in natural stones. The chip on the blue end looks like a natural stone chip. The side view, pic 2, says that this is a glued together stone. The other side being a perfectly straight line also says glued, not a natural seam.
The scratches on the side say it is soft like a slate or other sedimentary stone. My conclusion is that this is a 2
sided natural stone probably from the slate family. If I am correct then when you lap it a chalky dust will form and will be much easier to lap than most hones.

Just my 2¢

Well it ain't a coticule, and it ain't a glued stone. I think 10pups may have hit the nail on the head ........ Carborundum ? It has a lot of orange bits in it that you can see when it is wet, and shiny white flecks under magnification that resemble some I've seen in Thuringan stones.

Looks like a sandstone. May be a dalmore.
Definitly not a carborundum. Carborundums that I met were grey or dark grey in color.

Originally Posted by Botanic

Looks like a sandstone. May be a dalmore.
Definitly not a carborundum. Carborundums that I met were grey or dark grey in color.

Would have guessed Sandstone too...

On my phone I think I see faint banding on the side

Not a Dalmore for sure, and no banding, faint or otherwise on the side. I'll lap the top and see what a larger area will reveal. Thanks for all of the replies.

Took 20 minutes to lap. Had to get out the DMT XX 120 or I'd still be there. Did the 120, the DMT 325, and finally the Atoma 1200. Here are some pix, wet & dry ;

Dry



Wet



Dry with direct sunlight

I've got a lot of Carborundums and that ain't a Carborundum. It definitely appears to be a natural. That is more-so with these newer photos.

Jimmy, regardless of what it is, the thing I like about it is the fact that some guy used only this rock to maintain his straight razor for years. I continue to maintain a set of seven razors with just a barber hone and like the fact that the continue to work just fine year after year. I could make them "better" with many other hones, but I prefer to leave them "pure."

I hope you will take one or more razors and hone them up on just this rock and see how it works.

What a difference a good bath/scrubbing makes !

I have to agree with it being a natural sandstone. Definitely not manmade.

I see slight layering or banding and orange specks, I would say it's a Hindostan stone, from Indiana.

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