Thread: Large hone

I picked up a hone at a flea market today and it's pretty big at 12 x 4 inches. Brick colored on one side and black on the other but no markings as to manufacturer. The box has a slot for another small stone (?) but that was missing. Seems fine enough grit to possibly use with razors. Is anyone able to shed some light on it and if I might use it for honing razors?

You don't know what you bought

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It's a axe hone. I can't remember the real name. There really good and really expensive. Look up a Norton 00 stone.

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I looked up the name. It's Frictionite

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Excellent! It did not cost very much at all, glad I grabbed it.

OK, Frictionite 00. I'm finding a bunch of info now. Thanks...

I don't think so. I have never seen a Frictionite with that reddish hue.

The color combination looks a lot more like the Norton barber hone, but I've never seen one that big. I have seen a version bigger than the standard size but nothing as big as the one in the photo.

Could be one of the Norton Sales Samples which also existed comparable to the Norton Razor Hone....the one once sold was also 12inch long as far as i remember.

Its definately no Frictionite!

I'm curious as to what the small area was reserved for. A coticule dressing or slurry stone?

Most boxes like that are for a rubbing stone.