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07-08-2009, 09:04 PM #1Junior Member
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Blue stone???
Hello.
I am new in the razors, this is my first message, I don't know if someone made this question before, though I believe that it's very specific.
I found in my house, in a box of my grandfather, a stone, i think it's for sharpening, of blue color with the inscription in a paper stuck in one of the sides that says:
(A image with one lion on a "R" into a circle)
RAPPOLD (the "O" is red)
RAPORID
MONOPOL
WETZER
Villach/Austria
Someone can say if this stone can sharpen razors and of that type is?
Thanks, regards. Stefano.
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07-08-2009, 09:19 PM #2Unique. Like all of you.
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Rappold from Villach is now part of Winterthur (compare logo bottom right). About your specific hone: sorry, not a clue
Have you got any pictures?
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07-08-2009, 09:20 PM #3what Dad calls me
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Pictures please.
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07-09-2009, 01:44 PM #4Junior Member
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Thank you for answering.
Here I attach some photos.
Regards. Stefano.
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07-09-2009, 01:48 PM #5Senior Member
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Looks like a scythe stone such as these here. If that is what you have then it would probably be a bit too coarse for a razor's edge.
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07-09-2009, 02:23 PM #6Junior Member
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Ok, thanks.
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07-09-2009, 02:31 PM #7Senior Member
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Yup,
Scythe stone. The shape is a give-away and the lable shows a picture of a scythe blade. I think most who used them, carried the stones in a back pocket so they could be easily grasped when needed to touch up the grass or grain cutter's edge, hence the un-square cornered shape to help keep the pocket of one's overalls from being shredded.
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07-10-2009, 12:12 AM #8Senior Member
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Send me a picture and I'll compare it to type examples in my hone collection. If it's blue and from that part of the world, it probably is a belgian blue which is a 4000 grit hone that works fast. Wet it and look at it with a magnifier. If you see evenly dispersed reddish dots, that would support it being a belgian blue. You can get a really nice edge on one and it's what I use for my kitchen knives as well as for razors that have gotten a little too dull for a coticule.
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07-10-2009, 12:22 AM #9illegitimum non carborundum
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That looks like a synthetic hone to me. The color doesn't look right for a Belgian blue.
I have a Carborundum hone with a similar shape. I had no idea it was for scythes, so thanks guys!
Now, I just gotta get me a scythe!
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07-10-2009, 04:09 AM #10Nemo Me Impune Lacesset
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