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    Default Hones were not always flat.

    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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    Quote Originally Posted by niftyshaving View Post
    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.
    Perhaps... but if it was in any way common, we would see a lot more non-flat hones for sale on Ebay and in antique stores.

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    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.

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    Neil

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neil Miller View Post
    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.

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    I have a hone like that. It is called the Scientific ( actually has an odd spelling) hone. It is very small.
    Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin

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