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10-05-2011, 09:56 PM #1Some kind of Zombie
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Marbles, what? I hope I don't get shot for this...
So, I figured this was the best place to bring this up. I ran across this image as an item up on u-pay marketed for sharpening straight razors. Never having heard of anything like this I thought maybe some of you guys might be able to shed some light on this.
Norton, Naniwa, Shaptons, PHIG, etc...now Marbles?sharptonn likes this.
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10-05-2011, 10:09 PM #2< Banned User >
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i have seen those and wondered about them also....
but i am fairly sure if they worked they would be plastered all over this place like the nortons/naniwas/coti's etc......
my money is on gimmick....zib likes this.
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10-05-2011, 10:13 PM #3
I've never heard of it, or even seen anything like it for razors or knives. I think I'd stick with regular old sharpening stones.
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10-05-2011, 10:20 PM #4Member
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They are very common. What do you want to know about them?
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10-05-2011, 10:21 PM #5what Dad calls me
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Ive seen these things before, work like a barbers hone without flipping the blade, there is some truth to sharpening steel on glass, though I have not had the occasion to try these.
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10-05-2011, 10:23 PM #6Modine
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My girl friend uses those, but they aint for razors....wait, What?
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10-05-2011, 10:34 PM #7< Banned User >
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Originally Posted by MODINE
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10-05-2011, 10:41 PM #8
Those were kind of the counterparts to the DE blade sharpeners like the Lillicraps which were also made from glass. Of course they worked differently but the same idea of glass to sharpen.
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10-06-2011, 01:13 AM #9Senior Member
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Glass balls can straighten an edge the way
a butcher steel can straighten an edge.
I suspect they were hard to use correctly
or they would be more famous. The angle
generated by the touch of the balls needs to be close
to but not less than the angle the edge was
honed at.
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10-06-2011, 01:52 AM #10Razor Vulture
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Thanks for bringing this up, Jim. I had often wondered about them. Funny, it seems that the marbles in them all seem to be pristine. I suppose they either worked good, or not! They ARE kinda phallic, aren't they?
...get it on..Tom
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I rest my case.
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