Thread: Covenant hone

I had been curious about the covenant hones since I read about them some time ago. I was able to pick up Covenant hone #4 from a member here which gave me a chance to try out the hone. I began by lapping the stone with a DMT 325, pencil grid, for about 50 minutes. Progress continued on wet/dry paper through to include 2,000 grit. I picked several shave ready razors and with the minimal of slurry began efforts just to polish these edges further. Feather light circles and finishing with regular X's on water only produced a very notable difference on the edges in terms of
a beautiful polish that did not exist on any of them before this hone. I followed with natural linen and horsehide. I have only shaved with one of the razors polished so far and it was a more pleasant shave than usual, it was more smooth and quieter than usual. These were all full hollow blades. I am looking forward to trying the other razors. I tried to show the mirror finish on the hone with the angle shot. It feels like perfectly smooth cold glass. I am impressed so I thought I would share. This Covenant stone weights 6.2 pounds and is 11" in length. The base is cherry wood. These originate in Israel's Negev desert.