Thread: Sparkley hone that really performs!!!

Dave, you got me thinking on that one combo. That one just might be a bonded coticule. Now I've got another one though with similar lines of delineation that is definitely a natural combination, so it does happen. I've seen examples where the purple fades to yellow, as I think you're describing, but they can be either way.
Martin, here ya go! Not sure it'll work..let me know.
http://www.coticule.be/heritage.html.../BBW-study.pdf

I would say the last stone on the right is the new hone. IN the 3rd and last picture.

Voidmonster's has the same line pattern which can only be seen from certain angles just like mine. So I'm pretty sure that's a Fox/Goldfisch. regularjoe's does have dark veins and tiny white speckles just like mine so it could be one too, although BBWs occasionly have white speckles as well.

I'm sure BBWs come in a wide range just like Coticules, some coarse and some fine.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...your-pick.html

Well I wanted to update this thread with new information. I sent this stone off to a well known razor honer for testing, and his results were very much opposite my experiences with it. It should be said it's an old thread, but information should be amended if it's inaccurate. According to his testing, the stone is no good for razors. It kills an 8k edge, and is too slow to work well at the 1k level. Both of us are stumped as to what it is, but don't blow your fun money on it if you find one. A little embarassing to get such different results, but I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as this person, and even less so at the time of OP. So there you have it, this sparkly stone is a pretty paperweight. haha. Moderators, feel free to delete the entire thread, if that would be a better way to mitigate misinformation. Some guys don't read the whole post, and it'd be better for them to never see the post at all, than skim it.

If you like then edges the stone produces, the who gives an f what anyone else thinks about it?

Originally Posted by myersn024

If you like the edges the stone produces, the who gives an f what anyone else thinks about it?

+1 on the above, if it worked once, it will work again. Once someone is an expert, it means they probably have a set way of doing things. Adding an unknown stone to the equation could throw them off, just like it could the rest of us.

Originally Posted by regularjoe

Well I wanted to update this thread with new information. I sent this stone off to a well known razor honer for testing, and his results were very much opposite my experiences with it. It should be said it's an old thread, but information should be amended if it's inaccurate. According to his testing, the stone is no good for razors. It kills an 8k edge, and is too slow to work well at the 1k level. Both of us are stumped as to what it is, but don't blow your fun money on it if you find one. A little embarassing to get such different results, but I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable as this person, and even less so at the time of OP. So there you have it, this sparkly stone is a pretty paperweight. haha. Moderators, feel free to delete the entire thread, if that would be a better way to mitigate misinformation. Some guys don't read the whole post, and it'd be better for them to never see the post at all, than skim it.

lol it sounds like words from sham's mouth. if the stone gave you a good edge and the shave went well then it's a good stone. everyone face is different some like super sharp razors some don't you have to go off what your face tell's you.