Thread: 1915 CARBO

I seem to have developed a barber hone aquisition dissorder lately (3 this month). Its not my fault, you dont see many on ebay in Australia but lately there has been a few and no one else seems to want them so I've got them pretty cheap.
Anyway just wondering if anybody can tell me anything about this one. It was a little dished in the middle and man it took a while to lap it. Very hard from my limited experience.

I don't have one, but I can tell you two related things:
First, it is not a Carborundum. To the best of my knowledge the Carborundum company never used the shortened "Carbo" on any of their hones. Second, it was made by the American Hone Company, either in Olean, New York or in Moravia, Iowa.

Oh, I thought of another thing:
I want one!

what is on written on the side of the stone.?
Ron is right Carborundum stones have different color too

I have a 1915 Carbo marked the same way as yours. I have to say that it is usually my intermediate hone after bevel setting, before moving on to a coticule. It can remove very small (micro) chips and polish and sharpen the initial bevel until it will shave arm hair at the tops. You could shave after it, but I prefer the smoother finished edge from a coticule or Escher. Great hone and I won't be getting rid of mine anytime soon.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

what is on written on the side of the stone.?
Ron is right Carborundum stones have different color too

Sham, on the side is written "MADE IN U.S.A."

Originally Posted by Croaker

I have a 1915 Carbo marked the same way as yours. I have to say that it is usually my intermediate hone after bevel setting, before moving on to a coticule. It can remove very small (micro) chips and polish and sharpen the initial bevel until it will shave arm hair at the tops. You could shave after it, but I prefer the smoother finished edge from a coticule or Escher. Great hone and I won't be getting rid of mine anytime soon.

Somebody had it and now you do have idea. Thank you Croaker.
would you please post picture of the stone and it is sharpening characteristics on

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...teristics.html thank you

Would you say this is similar in function to a 1000 grit, 4000 grit or 6000 grit hone?

Here are photos of my 1915 Carbo, which is ugly compared to yours, has some chips, and has become a necessary part of most of my honing progressions. It is a fast cutter and I estimate it to be about a 5000 grit. Nice for removing microchips and sharpens an already set bevel to where I can shave comfortably off it. Too spoiled by Eschers and coticules not to go on to the ultimate step, but if this was my only finish hone I would have good shaves.