Thread: Covenant hone

I guess it is possible that we may have a member willing to put the long hours in the Negev desert searching for
the indications of certain stones. This would probably be after some serious education about what to look for.
These stones do not meet any criteria as overpriced, at least to me, yes you certainly could spend $500 but you can also spend $100 or less and receive a very nice Negev desert hone. You can spend thousands of $ on Japanese natural hones as well as Couticles. Check the story on artisanshaving.com there is a thread there where TC offers the stones and there certainly is no reason to buy the box if you do not want
the box. There is also a very real account of what is actually involved in searching the Negev desert for hones. These hones have a serious following by some gentlemen who are master honers.
I would hope that members who may have an interest in the stones would take the time to educate themselves as we recommend when considering any wet shaving related purchase. TC and his better half are accomplished artists in their own right marketing beautifully crafted jewelry, various sculptures and even straight razors and superbly crafted knives. For me this is just another hone in the arsenal of the great stones available to us.

Originally Posted by Vasilis

Since there are quality stones there, I don't think that the TC blades owner is the only person who is looking for them. Do we have any SRP members there to take a look? I might be wrong, but I believe that the monopoly of those stones is what keep their prices so high. I would very much like to get my hands on one of them, but, 500$ for a fine hone (the price is random), for me, it's a high price.

Ah, but they have to flatten it in order to test it. Otherwise the would not know if they had a stone worthy of honing. (Forgot to quote Vasilis regarding buying an unflattened sample).

I'd like one of these hones. Perhaps on my next trip to Eilat in the south of Israel, I'll give TC blades a call. He may even let me try out a few.

What I meant is, if you have a piece of rock, no matter its size, with a small flat surface you can see if its suitable for honing. You don't need to shape it in rectangular pieces (8x2?) with a coffin box and a slurry stone to be sure if its a hone or an expensive paperweight.

they dont shape all stones into rectangles. and i dont think they make boxes for every single hone, so if you didnt want one in a box i think that would be a possibility.. i personally like the boxes, and wish that the previously posted one had a space for the other two slurry stones that came with it too.