Found this in a box of clipper and razor parts, looks natural from the layers on the side, haven’t tried it yet, but flattened one side. Thanks in advance for any help Gents!Attachment 284515Attachment 284516Attachment 284517
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Found this in a box of clipper and razor parts, looks natural from the layers on the side, haven’t tried it yet, but flattened one side. Thanks in advance for any help Gents!Attachment 284515Attachment 284516Attachment 284517
It's always nice to find things in the wild. :tu
I'm no help with ID'ing it but hopefully those with knowledge will chime in soon.
Lol, just noticed the autocorrect put home instead of hone....
Backside pcloseup pics pls...and nd pics...
Size W/L/T would also help. Some naturals came in a given set of size formats. Most barber hones came in a standard size.
Thanks!
~Richard
4-3/4” x 1-3/4 x 1/2” thick
May well be a Barber hone with that out line.
Good photos of both faces in good lighting would help.
Thanks
~Richard
Attachment 284527Attachment 284528Dry b, front, side closeup
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Backside wet and dry
The only reason I think it would be a natural is the occlusions in the face and its wider on one end by about an 1/8”
That is because the French made it ! Just kidding it has the colors of a double ought frictionite. I have one that is creaming on one side and darker brown on the other.
Awesome, and thanks! It seems very fine, guess I’ll have to muster up some gumption and give it a whirl to see where it will fall in the progression.
Attachment 284531
Similar colors
You can try turning the hone on it end and run your thumbnail on each color and see if it leave a mark. Do not do it on the part you put the razor .
Are those dark spots on the hone or pits? If it is a barber hone with pits in the surface I would think that indicates a problem with the binder. I remember another member posting that barber hones should not make a slurry during use so that would be another tell when you're testing it.
I did not know that about barber hones.
Fixed that for you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JoeSomebody
The cracking does suggest a barber hone that has had some degradation of the binder.
After ten years on SRP I regularly "autocorrect" in reverse--typing hone when I meant home!
It slurried when I used it to sharpen my pocket knife. It had a white slurry to it.
I don't think it's a natural. The pattern of the lines that could become cracks suggest a man made stone. With a problem with the binder, as mentioned above.
On natural stones, this kind of two colored combo, it's not rare for Thuringians, alas we are not looking at one.
I actually have a BH with two similar colors, but it has the name embossed. Unfortunately I think the binder has deteriorated in mine to!
If you don't have a lot of hones it is easy enough to mistake natural and synthetic. I just sold two small BH at a loss because they looked natural in the pictures when I ordered them and I think the seller put one was an ark in the description. Mistakes happen.
And strap instead of strop!:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Definitely looks like a barber hone to me as well, looks like an american hone company (I have one that looks very close to that) my 00 Frictionite is a little different color the layers look similar though.
Put a nice edge on my pocket knife with it, guess I’ll try it with a razor next. Thanks to all you fine gents for the helpful comments!
Could it be the „american hone“?
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