Thread: Carborundum hone

This was my first barbers hone, off of Ebay. When I got it, I tried lapping it, and holy $#!+, is it hard. I got NOWHERE with it using 220 sandpaper. No bevel, and the surface scratches just stared back at me.

Is it worth using? Should I save this one for my woodworking tools?

Goog

I have had a few Carborundums, and they all worked pretty well as touch up hones. I would test it out and see what happens.

You might have to get a better grade of wet/dry sandpaper to do the work, I don't know what kind you were using.

When you say "no bevel", are you trying to set a bevel with this hone?

I dont know why some people insist that you need to lap barber hones, I have never lapped any of mine and yet they work very well. I would use this stone as is and either you get good results or you dont.

The bevel I'm referring to is the edge of the stone. it's very square and sharp, and there is a small chip.

Goog

Just round off the edges of the chip so it wont catch the blade, use a file if wet n dry isnt enough.

have you changed original color of the stone? i mean used any photoshop etc?
strange color this stone has.
Seems like way course stone ? check this link there is couple of them see they are similar or not.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...teristics.html

i would appreciate if you could put this pictures in that thread too.
thank you

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

have you changed original color of the stone? i mean used any photoshop etc?
strange color this stone has.
Seems like way course stone ? check this link there is couple of them see they are similar or not.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...teristics.html

i would appreciate if you could put this pictures in that thread too.
thank you

+1 to hi_bud_gl --- I've had 3 Carborundum razor hones and though they varied somewhat in grit, they were all light gray and felt buttery smooth to my fingers. From your pictures, yours looks like a much darker and coarser stone.

If you still feel a need to chamfer the edges -- try a file -- easy to do and you can really control how much you remove.

Duh -- I see nun2sharp recommended the file also. Everybody's smarter than me.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

have you changed original color of the stone? i mean used any photoshop etc?
strange color this stone has.
Seems like way course stone ? check this link there is couple of them see they are similar or not.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...teristics.html

i would appreciate if you could put this pictures in that thread too.
thank you

It's a dark grey, maybe with a hint of greenish tint to it. it feels coarse to me, similar to my Norton 1k. I hadn't thought of a file. I'll try that. I'll also post these pics and a link to this thread on the thread you cited.

Goog

Originally Posted by greatgoogamooga

This was my first barbers hone, off of Ebay. When I got it, I tried lapping it, and holy $#!+, is it hard. I got NOWHERE with it using 220 sandpaper. No bevel, and the surface scratches just stared back at me.

Is it worth using? Should I save this one for my woodworking tools?

Goog

The carborundum hone you have looks coarser than
a razor hone. Here are some pix of three "Carborundum"
brand razor hones.


The texture should be about as fine as an egg shell.
I think I can see polished surfaces of individual
coarse grains in your photo. If you look at the second
photo you can see that fibers of the box look
coarser than the grains of the hone (bottom of pix).


Your hone looks a lot coarser to me and
will have a place for removing chips and
other aggressive needs, both woodworking
and razors.

EDIT: Those flat polished grains are not
a bad thing. They make the stone act
less aggressive. A very light touch
combined with lather can make a hone
act a lot finer than it is, YMMV.

The one I had years ago was very hard and on the coarse side results wise.