Thread: SRD Franz Swaty VS. Amalgamite

I really dont see any of these being helpfull in your progression, that said you might want to use them to touch up a razor when it starts to show signs of a weaker edge. Enjoy!
Your progression could use something in the 4k range, just my opinion!

I agree, right now i'm just using a thick muddy slurry on the 'DT" from the welsh trio to increase abrasiveness. I'm having really excellent results but would like something in that range as well.

Another interesting thread about Swatys!
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...-made-usa.html

OOOOOoooooooo... a two-sided Amalgamite. Neat. I have a one-sided one that is all the brown material. I use it as a pre-finisher, in place of a 8K-ish hone. It's fairly fast, and builds up swarf if I don't use use lather. I lapped it flat once, and now just rub the swarf off against a finish hone under water when it builds up, which keeps it flat.

Now all I can think about is perhaps making a trade for something to fill in the gap I have.....

Brooksie,

Judging from the photo, I would hazard a guess that the Swaty has been lapped. In all likelihood it was as smooth as the Amagamit before lapping.

and, steady use will make it so again! Read up on barber hones, I know there were threads around here someplace that discussed refreshing the surface on them.
I use them in the bathroom, for a quick touch up if a razor starts to feel off in the middle of a shave. A choice between a finish on a barber stone and a nice thurry stone is no contest. But I will admit you can get a fine shave off them after an 8K and my nicest stones can rival the Nani12k

I'll contact the guy who sold them to me and ask if he has ever lapped them. They LOOK brand new in person and both top/bottom and the sides look/feel exactly the same.

I have a two-sided Amalgamite. The fine side is my "finishing stone", finer than an 8K Norton. You can check the grit size with a 10x loupe, if you want.

I can't tell you how it compares with the Swaty, unfortunately.

. Charles

"Vormals" is German for "formerly", your Swaty is saying "formerly of Marburg". I'm not clear where exactly it fits in the lineage but it's definitely later on. If I understand correctly, Swaty was originally in Wahring, Austria. Then Marburg, Austria. Apparently Marburg became part of Yugoslvia and that's when you started having the Yugoslavian Swaty's. Maribor is the same place as Marburg, just in Yugoslavian as opposed to in German.
I've read that some people test their Barber hones, trying them after certain stones and then examining the edge under magnification to see if the edge is improved or worsened.