Some Razor Hones Article from 1883

Some Razor Hones Article from 1885, The daily morning Astorian.
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Pretty interesting about the hickory wood hones. It must have been a relatively quick permineralization loading the wood with silica absorbed from the clay.

Here is an example of this type of hone, recently acquired from the 'bay.

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Robellison01;

I really, really like that hone!
It's hard to say where the hone ends and the wood begins, absolutely awesome!

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Originally Posted by robellison01

Here is an example of this type of hone, recently acquired from the 'bay.

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Did you try this set-up yet?

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Originally Posted by Martin103

Did you try this set-up yet?

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Yes, I used it once. I honed on synthetics through 12K, then finished on this hone. It is very slow, and its small size doesn't help matters. I did somewhere between 75-100 laps (didn't count). It's similar to finishing on CrOx pasted balsa. It left the edge more polished, but left that synthetic "harshness". I think that the edge from a natural prior to this hone would be much more comfortable, but I haven't had a chance to test this theory yet.