Thread: Jewelers sharpening stone

Kind of looks like a purple Vermont slate.

Cheers, Steve

It might be a metal engravers hone.... gravers are quite narrow, but need to be sharp and smooth... then again, they are usually made from high speed steel, perhaps a bit tough for coticule hones?!?!?! I have no idea what they used back in the day before HS steel.

Old time surgeons scalpels needed to be sharpened, and often coticules were used. I think this hone is going to be hard to nail down.... there are plenty of possible uses, but coming up with a single "It has to be" answer, might not be possible.

Regards

Christian

Slipstone for woodworking tools especially v gouges. I have a brown slate one that is about the same size.

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

It might be a metal engravers hone.... gravers are quite narrow, but need to be sharp and smooth... then again, they are usually made from high speed steel, perhaps a bit tough for coticule hones?!?!?! I have no idea what they used back in the day before HS steel.

Old time surgeons scalpels needed to be sharpened, and often coticules were used. I think this hone is going to be hard to nail down.... there are plenty of possible uses, but coming up with a single "It has to be" answer, might not be possible.

Regards

Christian

That one's very interesting. When I got it it had parallel scratches in the face of the hone the disappeared when I cleaned it off with a Scotch-Brite pad. I'm still waiting to get better pictures in the sunlight work has been in the way. It would probably also help if I posted pictures of before I cleaned it. EBay item #162369992996

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I'm afraid I cannot bring up that item using just the number for some reason. Perhaps it's because of the particular Ebay server you were using?!?!? I get nothing on the Canadian Ebay server.... ie. ebay.ca

OK, I managed to dig it up on the US Ebay site..... Unfortunately, the additional pictures don't really give me a feel for what it was used for originally. Perhaps it was used for one thing and someone else tried to use it in a different manner.

To me..... I will place a very small wager on it being either an engravers hone or a surgeons hone..... but I will say, the wager is sub $1!

I honestly don't know... I'm just tossing out what I can think of. For all I know, it was a razor hone inside a 18th Century Gentleman's Necessary kit, of which I have ever only seen one and I'm dying to replicate it. It was a French officers necessary kit I believe, and it did not contain a hone, but it did have 2 straight razors and an assortment of other ivory and silver items necessary for daily living on the battle field for an officer. All inside a beautiful wooden box lined with silk.....<sigh>

Regards

Christian