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Ok guys, lets have some fun. A couple of days ago I was trolling Ebay and found this.....
EARLY CARPENTER SHARPENING STONE WITH ORIGINAL BOX - eBay (item 360250638784 end time Apr-29-10 20:55:35 PDT)
So..being a bit bored at the time I decided to buy it! Now, just what kind of hone do you think I will get in the mail? I will post an update to this thread , with pics, when it arrives.:)
My guess is a ........
My guess is a carborundum loaded with oil. Fingers crossed it's something more exciting!
A carborundum.. at that size? Hmmmm.....
Looks too big for a Thuringian. Carborundum's my guess. I didn't want to take all the good guesses! :D
That is interesting Randy and at that price it is like playing the lottery. Cheap enough to take a chance. In this case you can't go wrong. If it isn't good for razors it will no doubt be good for knives and tools. :gl:
I'm putting my money on some sort of Arkansas...
Could be an old Norton too. The India stones are good for kitchen knives.
It doesn't look like a carborundum...slate perhaps?
Yup, that's what I was thinking. Since I stopped drinking years ago this is now my version fun!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
The thing that made the decision for me was the size......
It very well could be a Charnley. Keep us posted.
Chris L
The package arrived today!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/...5ebf6c8e0e.jpg
Here is what was inside!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/...e0ab8f1735.jpg
And it is a .....
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/...7b6bbba6b9.jpg
Carborundum!!!:rant:
Do not cry. the box is looking awesome. You can have it for some other homeless hone.
DOH!:rant:
Awww! :(
So sorry to hear that!
I don't really have time to play with the forum lately, that is, until my lab is dismantled on the 24th, but I have made it a life goal to finally, and comprehensively, compile an index of ALL the damn Carborundum hones. This has required the purchase of, "ahem," a FEW hones. So, I have to ask, what are the exact dimensions of this hone, is there an identifying number on the hone, is it a one or two sided hone, and finally, Randy, could you please provide a photo of it out of the box? If it is a two sided hone, could you include a side photo and one of each face?
Hurrah! Maybe I have a little bit of HAD on top of all the other AD's?
It's nice to be right sometimes, but in this case I'm sorry for you that it wasn't something else!
One of the sign of the HAD.
WE BUY even we don't know what we are getting.
In the other hand it was not so huge lost Randy.
will sharpen knifes.
OK Sham, you bring your carboundums, I will bring all of mine and we can cement them together and start building a foundation for a workshop!:)
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Originally Posted by randydance062449
Oh, come now.... carborundum hones aren't THAT bad. In fact, you can put an extremely fine finish on a razor with one. All you have to do is tweak it a bit. Glue on leather and charge with Cr02 and that ol' Carborundum hone will be sweet! :rofl2:
Looks like an Arkansas or WASHITA bench stone to me.
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Originally Posted by niftyshaving
Don't I wish!
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Originally Posted by PapaBull
Robert! That is just brilliant! The perfect base for a paddle strop! No chance of warping at all! Finally, another use for a Carborundum in addition to being great for axes, lawnmower blades and building foundations for skyscrapers.:)
You just have to think outside the box a little bit. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by randydance062449
Hey, what have you guys got against Carbos? Some of them are great barber hones.
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Originally Posted by Utopian
So was the Yugo!:)
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Originally Posted by randydance062449
Aww, c'mon. You known the edge coming off a Yugo is too rough to shave with. Don't be silly.
I haven't honed on a Hugo before. Do you strip the paint first or just let it wear away ? :confused:
I see the arrival photo...Quote:
Originally Posted by niftyshaving
Carborundum... Great for setting the bevel on an ax.
I am sure it will get used.
Someone suggested gluing leather to it.
A better idea is to glue a magnetic base.
Jimmy! I am surprised at you. Of course you use it with paint on, the paint pigments are minerals! and green is chrome oxide!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Only if its a red Yugo! The paint pigment for red is iron oxide and we all know that is to coarse! get a green one!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by joke1176
Hmm, early carpenters stone eh? How early? Maybe you don't know what you have there. maybe it belonged to you know who?
Oh, please :soapbox:Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
Everyone knows you don't use no damned carborundum hone on wood planes with fine high tech bronze blades. :rant:
I think y'all may be overlooking this chunk of honing history might possibly be "deep carborundum", some of the premier abrasive substance from the lowest depths of the Pike Mines in New Hampshire. This comes from the bottom side of the vein, thus the nomenclature "deep" as you have to dig all the way around the vein to get to the choicest material at the base of the deposit. ...Or so I've been told.
Praise the schist and pass the mica :mexwave:
:beer2:
That guy on TV -- The Woodwright's Shop, Roy Underhill.Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
He gets his tools super sharp from all all the times he cuts himself.