Thread: The Frankonian Hone

Thanks Neil. Glad my memory is correct .... I'm getting old y'know ... It makes sense that the mine mainly quarries stone for industrial or decorative materials. The same with Ardennes IIRC. The hones being an adjunct of the main marketing. I guess , in this day and age, it wouldn't be a viable business if hones were all that the quarry mined. That darned safety razor came along and ruined the market.

I think we have to differenciate here a little bit.
There are ancient hones that were called Frankonians (Franken) in germany. A member of a german forum for razors and hones reported, that butchers in former times uses the frankonians as an finisher to remove the ridge that has build up during sharpening of their knives.
Here is a link to the thread in german language, where he compares old frankonian to Olivias frankonian stone.

Der Fränkische Schiefer oder die Europäische Nagura Methode

Olivia then called her hones also frankonian, because of the area they were mined, I suppose.

Thanks for the link, Hatzicho - very interesting reading. I particularly like the bit where the poster mentions using a layer of tape on the spine of the razor when finishing on the Frankonian - this I suppose is indicated by other posters who have said that their Frankonians seemingly do nothing - keeping the very tip of the bevel alone on the hone would concentrate its effect, I think.

The article has several things that you could, perhaps, clarify. Fistly, what does GBB and BBB stand for? Secondly, what is the vendor site that 'must not be named'?!

I found an article which elaborates a little on the bed of slate that runs under the Thuringia/Frankonia region:



The slate mine in Lotharheil, Geroldsgrün that is mentioned must be none other than Manfred's mine, which I alluded to earlier.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Thanks Neil. Glad my memory is correct .... I'm getting old y'know ... It makes sense that the mine mainly quarries stone for industrial or decorative materials. The same with Ardennes IIRC. The hones being an adjunct of the main marketing. I guess , in this day and age, it wouldn't be a viable business if hones were all that the quarry mined. That darned safety razor came along and ruined the market.

It is not the only quarry/mine doing that. Inigo Jones uses material they have for their outdoor plagues. decorations anf fire surroundings. Ayrshire works known for their hones used to crusH and grind the rock into powder which was then used as filler to paints. CF quarries quarried the rock as hard core for roads. Just last weekend I have seen a lump of rock in one museum on south coast where I could clearly recognised it was raw CF in gravel of other kind of rock.

I've seen post, a few years ago, of roads, houses, fences, tables .... all sorts of things made with BBW. Pretty cool to be able to have something like that for those of us are hone freaks.

Guess what is Whittle Hill Cottage made out of? Or stone wall bellow the Moughton Hole?

Originally Posted by adrspach

Guess what is Whittle Hill Cottage made out of?

Didn't you tell me an angry old man came outside with a shotgun when he caught you sawing off his windowsills?

I thought Olivia was a guy?? She’s a He.

Originally Posted by Scipio

Didn't you tell me an angry old man came outside with a shotgun when he caught you sawing off his windowsills?

Have you ever seen SF 3 feet long? That is wort to die for. Don't worry. Once the book is ready you will see.

Neil, GBB = Gelber Belgischer Brocken (Coticule) and BBB = Blauer Belgischer Brocken (BBW).