Thread: OK fellahs...Naaaamme thaaat hooooone!!!!

If it's not synthetic could it be a fine sandstone?

I'm not sure Piet. I only have my suspected hindostans to compare against. They are absolutely sedimentary stones. This one..ehh..idk. Seems most like a barber hone still really. I have used it again, and failed to develop that wire edge. So I must assume for now that that little bit of info was premature in declaring. I'm going to continue lapping it, until I've got a flat surface. It is not as fine as thuringian..for now. I took a razor previously shave ready, and did a hundred on this stone. The edge was noticeably less sharp. While a hundred strokes on plain water thuri brought it right back. While I've had several barber hones, I've never made concerted efforts to get the most out of them. I can't build any swarf on this stone. If that helps. Even a lot of strokes doesn't darken the surface at all. If I use the little rubber stone on it, then I can do some cutting. Otherwise, it seems a fairly mild cutter, while still not capable of producing a great edge. This could all change if ever I get it perfectly flat. So for now, I'm still pretty sure it's a barber hone. But I have doubts as well.

Brown Escher :P

For anyone that might be interested. I have honed a couple razors using this stone as a replacement for the Norton 4/8. It's been working wonderfully so far. I use the little stone it came with as a slurry stone. And since it's working well that way, I guess that's it's purpose. BUT, I'm only two razors into it, and this stone still has that "new old car" smell to it. I know Lynn, and probably many others, have used barber hones with slurry and gotten good results as well. So...it's still a forever unknown I guess. Anyways, I'm more than happy with what it's doing so far. Pretty cool.

The color looks like a Frictionite, and they did make some larger hones. The small stone also looks like the deglazer that came with Frictionites. It wasn't for slurry, just to rub off the swarf-shine the hone can acquire with lots of dry use.

Ahh well that's interesting. Hmm..In the instance that this is one of those, I've used the deglazer inappropriately, with good sharpening results. lol. Maybe someone else is willing to try it out, and see if it works with a Frictionite. But...something tells me I won't find any takers. lol. I never knew they included such a stone with frictionites. Thanks.

Frictionite rub-stone instruction.

I think it's belgian.