Quote Originally Posted by Scookum View Post
What is a three line swaty? I bought a swaty on eBay but haven't received it yet. Is there a way to tell what approximately the grit level is?
It's an old barber's hone that was made back in the day. It's called a three line because theres three lines of text on the stone that reads
"Franz Swaty,
Wahring Bei Wien,
(AUSTRIA)"

Copies were made and replicated to sell hones and say just "3 line swaty" on them ,etc and are not real swaty hones.
The way you find grit levels on a hone is to hone a lot on synthetic hones and find where the stone you are testing fits in the progression. This takes experience to know what you are looking at.