Thread: Aloxite Razor Hone by Carborundum Co.

Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by Utopian

After you get it lapped, the only way to know for sure how it will work is to try it. I'd suggest you use it just like a Swaty. Use it for touch ups using the three to five strokes on water or thin lather, then strop it, and shave with it.

Yes, the best would be to try. Unfortunately, no: fortunately I have lots of natural hones to try out, and unfortunately not enough time and razors in need of touch ups to do so. Moreover, I know how to sharpen knives and tools, but my experience with razors is still below par. And this is my first barber hone.

I bought it because I liked the fact it still had its original case and I thought it a shame it looked so battered. Getting old hones into shape again is a nice passtime. When this one started to look like something, and more partial to naturals myself, I was wondering if it might please someone else. But it seemed so different from what I read about these hones that I liked to verify. I think your answers clarify:

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

wow man shiny !!

Originally Posted by Utopian

I've got a couple of those and I would describe them as being comparable to Swatys. Mine don't have the shiny bits.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Both of mine look more like brown glass, like the Swatys, while yours looks more powdery (best word I can think of).

Well this one is definitely an anomaly: it remains sparkly, not quite smooth to the touch, 'powdery' indeed, and is certainly not as hard as others' complaints about lapping these kind of hones would suggest.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I suppose recipes may have changed over the years or else the guy making the mix had an off day.

That probably sums it up best.