Thread: Ever Seen On Of These

I was perusing the 'bay. I never actually buy anything from there, but when I have insomnia it's fun to window shop.

I came across this glass barbers hone. I've never seen anything like this. Is the seller right about what it was used for?

ANTIQUE RARE BARBER STRAIGHT RAZOR GLASS HONE SHARPER - eBay (item 370431116354 end time Sep-18-10 03:47:00 PDT)

It was advertised for the use of DE blades. The sales pitch was align the blade without removing steel.

I've seen those a couple of times. I'd heard the same thing as Travis: They are meant for DE blades.

Has anyone ever used one of these and know how well they work?

Every time I see one I think it looks like some sort of horrible medical tool or something you'd see on the top shelf of a certain type of store..!

I saw them talked about on another forum just last week. A couple members have them and say they are the biggest ripoff of that time. There is no way they could strop a de blade effectively. The blade doesn't line up right in them for them to work. Thats the intel I got from the thread.

Looks like a good geometry for a straight.

Ah, for DE blades. Makes more sense, even if it didn't work.