I stumbled on this patent from 1938
RAZOR HONE - Google Patents
Patent 2,111,667
I am not sure if it adds anything today except
that an old blade might have been honed
in ways we might not expect.
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I stumbled on this patent from 1938
RAZOR HONE - Google Patents
Patent 2,111,667
I am not sure if it adds anything today except
that an old blade might have been honed
in ways we might not expect.
Very interesting, Tom! I have never seen one like that, but I have seen numerous examples of "cushioned" paddle strops that are formed in the same way. At one time, most of the really big makers in Sheffield seem to have produced a cushion strop. I have taken a few apart to re-cover with a flat piece of leather and found that the domed effect in the middle is made by having more stuffing there than at the edges.
Regards,
Neil
I have always liked the idea of a barber hone that has a
felt backed leather strop on one side. It is time
to dust mine off give it a light coating of strop dressing
and put them back to work.
I might note that my coticle once had this
very patented saddle back shape although
not so extreme. It was because I honed
my three razors on it for 20 years and
never lapped it flat. The shallow dip (less than
the thickness of a dime) and the bevel on
my razors developed over time and matched
each other very well. Then one day I found
this group and lapped it and my Norton combo
flat. The bevel profile of my razors no longer
matched my hones and I had some sad dull
edges for a while. What used to work stopped
working. Especially on my hard tempered TI
razor.
I have a hone like that. It is called the Scientific ( actually has an odd spelling) hone. It is very small.