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i picked up this barber hone at the flea market for $1.00 this last weekend.
it was heavily cupped in the middle on both sides. I managed to flatten one side on my sidewalk, then a little honing with wet sandpaper.
can anyone half way identify it? I am trying to figure out if it would be a good finishing stone to use after my Norton 4k/8k or would the 8k norton be better to use last.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/a0f1b55b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/c1201634.jpg
What makes you think it is a barber hone?
it looks corse like a hone for tools to me...
Hmm. I guess I don't know. Just assumed, it is very smooth.Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Would it still work?
You would have to try it and see for yourself. I have absolutely no idea what it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by sidmind
You lapped it on your sidewalk; now that's hardcore. God bless ya!
It wont work. just use for knife or anything else.
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Now did the person selling it claim it was a barber hone..or were you like "WOW I saw something like this on SRP! What a bargain for $1!!!"
probably more like, Hey that's cool it's soft and smooth like a barber hone. I am a newb.....Quote:
Originally Posted by kaivorth
What I am wanting to do soon. is compare it to the Norton 8k using the same test we do here at work. basically you take a small piece of metal and encapsulate it into resin. then grind smooth using a hone. then put it under the 1000x microscope. We use the system at work to look for excessive carbon chains after heat treat, but I think it would be good to see "how" smooth my different hones polish up.
Our corporate offices have a scanning electron microscope, now that would be cool...
Just looking at the picture it looks like Washita full of oil.
Sounds like a good way to test it and any other stones you pick up, let us know (hopefully post some pics) the results.Quote:
Originally Posted by sidmind
WOW, I think your right, I googled it and found several that looked almost identical (but better shape) odd thing is, when I put water on it with my water spray bottle it doesn't bead up. I will have to weigh my options on if I want to just start using oil, or perform a deep clean on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrspach
Thanks
Somebody before you could degrease it on the top and what you see is crud insight of the hone. Washita is quite porous stone.
If this is a Washita & it does look like it, you would not use it after 4k let alone 8k. It is the coarse grade of Arkansas type stones.Quote:
Originally Posted by sidmind
Bite the bullet and go onto E-Bay and buy a Swaty hone for about $22 American, save a lot of work and you know when you put a STr8 on it is won't ruin any metal. IMHO, thanks for readin'!!
tinkersd of SRP