Thread: Strange little Barbers Hone

Here's a little 2 3/4" x 2" combo stone.
Leather on one side and a very glassy smooth hone side, any ideas?

I don't know, sorry.
I have two strop- hones, but they are different in size and are branded. I
do like it, though. Will you use it or only collect as is? Will you refinish the leather and lap the stone?

I'll probably try and use it! It doesn't need lapping as far as I can tell and the leather is in great shape

What makes you think it's a barber's hone? Is it labeled as such?
I think there may be another explanation. It's very small, and, well...it could be a paper weight, really. Leather pads on the bottom of things can have other uses than just stropping. Our obsession with this hobby can sometimes drive us to associate everything with it.

Ha!! Could be!!
It was in a case though with with other Barber stuff and razors and brushes. If it's not a hone I'm only out $2

Originally Posted by rodb

Ha!! Could be!!
It was in a case though with with other Barber stuff and razors and brushes. If it's not a hone I'm only out $2

Well, if it was with barber stuff it probably is one. I only thought of the possibility because the color seems different from others I've seen, and the only other stones I've seen as small as that are the carborundum barber hones and they are pretty easy to spot. But hey, try it and see!

**edit** Actually, looking at that pic on my iphone, it might BE a dirtied up carbo. In which case, $2 is a steal.

I worked n a wood shop for a small time and used a stone very similar to that for touching up planes and flat wood chisels.

Whatever it is its worth $2

"Mabel, get off the table, the two bucks are for the beer."

I'm not sure but it could have been used for sharpening the old fashioned non-throwaway medical scalpels of yesteryear. It is certainly seems to be designed for smaller instruments than straight razors......

Jerry
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I was thinking it was a very small touch-up hone for traveling, the strop part is not very useable, but could work in a pinch I guess