Thread: A Couple of Vintage Clean-Up's

Here are a couple of hone restorations that I finally got around to finishing this weekend... I picked up one of these vintage hones on the 'bay; the other came from an antique shop. The Shumate was in pretty rough condition when I acquired it; the Primble was good, but both had the original boxes intact and the boxes were in decent shape.

I did the resto and lapping on a progression of GatorGrit waterproof sandpaper using Josh Earl's method. Progression was 180g, 220g, 400g, 600g, then finished with 1500g. Each hone took the better part of an hour to lap, with most of the time spent at the 180 and 220 levels. I also had to round down the left side of the Shumate since it had some sizable chips - but it only cost me about a 1/4" of surface.

First shot of the Shumate:


Another view of the Shumate:


The John Primble (probably made by Swaty):

Very nice. Have any before pictures, so we can see the extent of your handiwork?

Originally Posted by Joundill

Very nice. Have any before pictures, so we can see the extent of your handiwork?

Should've taken some. I just had the photo's from the original seller (below). Not great shots, but you can see how rough the Shumate's surface was. The Primble was pretty good except for a light scratch down the right center.