I have a Franz Swaty that I got from an old barber friend of mine that was broken. He was cutting hair one day and a guy came in with a little boy. He let the boy run wild and the kid eventually got to opening drawers where the barber kept his supplies. The barber tried to be nice and say don't do that, hoping the father would get the hint but it didn't work. Finally the kid found a Franz Swaty hone and dropped it breaking it in two pieces. The barber lost his temper and told them to leave. Anyway he gave the hone to me and I put the ends on a belt grinder making them flat at an angle, so that they matched well and glued them with epoxy. I laid them on a piece of glass with a rubber band around the sides of it. After lapping it, I can barely tell that it was broken. Sort of like a hairline crack. I glued it to a piece of masonite and It works well. I have used it many times.