Thread: A Special Stone

Thanks for opening this thread Mike! It's very difficult to capture the metallic sheen of these hones; marvellous pictures!

Here's one with a label and a stamp on the side:



And a quick video of one to give an impression of the glittering, and to show the cut marks on the sides:

Wow. Just wow.

I don't even care how well it hones. I just want it to put on my desk at work and admire it.

That video dramatically improves our viewing and assessment of that hone. Thank you!

" The "Finest Grit" water hone is bluish-grey American stone , which requires from seventy- five to one hundred strokes. AS its name indicates, it is a very fine hone, which the manufacturer claims that is impossible to make a wire edge on razors honed up it. Length , five and six inches. Price $ 1.00 to $1.50. Sold by barber supply and the manufacturers, , National Hone and Soap Co., Leaveuenworth , Kansas."

Nice stone - congrats. You can read more at " Essay on Barbers' Razors, Razors Hones, Razors Strop and Razors Honing. WWW.Scribdassets.com

BR

JSZ

What does this have to do with the "Special Stone?"

A month ago I bought on Ebay a stone, I paid about 60$ shipped, and the sellet was very nice and throw a small stone for free.After I received the stone and lapped , a yellow green thuringian, excellent stone as all of you know it. The small stone , 4x1 , it been forgeted. .Couple days ago , I read this thread and I remember the small stone look like your stone. I lapped, and have same metallic particles when in sun light, even with slurry.
To raise slurry I used a 2000 grit sandpaper and was not easy. Anyway here are some pictures.
Regards
Livio

Wow, this thread has me very intrigued. It must be a rarity if it's stumping a lot of the veteran guys. Oldengaerde, can you comment on it's estimated grit value or comparison to another natural stone?

Does the finish compare to anything else you guys have used? Beautiful stones.

Originally Posted by livio

A month ago I bought on Ebay a stone, I paid about 60$ shipped, and the sellet was very nice and throw a small stone for free.After I received the stone and lapped , a yellow green thuringian, excellent stone as all of you know it. The small stone , 4x1 , it been forgeted. .Couple days ago , I read this thread and I remember the small stone look like your stone. I lapped, and have same metallic particles when in sun light, even with slurry.
To raise slurry I used a 2000 grit sandpaper and was not easy. Anyway here are some pictures.
Regards
Livio

Small stone you are talking about is different stone. it s origin from England.
it seems like glass broken and spread inside the stone. this stone is low grit stone.
i bought one and guy names CF stone . when i got it i couldn't believe my eyes.
In SRP should be another thread about that stone should be old thread.

Thank you , I did not find anything for CF stone, other than Charnley Forest.Maybe you can find it please.
Regards
Livio

Originally Posted by livio

Thank you , I did not find anything for CF stone, other than Charnley Forest.Maybe you can find it please.
Regards
Livio

CF stands for Charnley forest. Seller thought he is selling CF in reality it wasn't.