Thread: French Hones

Hehe :-) Thaeris meant the Lune and the Pyrenees somewhere in the picture *just joking*

Most of them are french so I posted here

Originally Posted by doorsch

Two other examples of hones sold by F.G.B.C. (F. Ghelfi, Birolleau & Cie.) for shure the Arkansas is a imported one, the other one (Brocken Selected) menmade but french :-)

That's interesting - I think I just received the very same translucent Arkansas hone posted above .. (@doorsch - did you sell yours?).

I'm usually not an Arkansas hone fan for razors (didn't have any success with the ones I've tried so far, even with a lot of prepping).

But this one felt really nice and smooth and I took an already shave ready razor (Thuringian fiinished) to it - with very good results . A really smooth and comfortable shave!

I'll probably keep this one.

Cheers
Jörg

Originally Posted by jollo74

That's interesting - I think I just received the very same translucent Arkansas hone posted above .. (@doorsch - did you sell yours?).

I'm usually not an Arkansas hone fan for razors (didn't have any success with the ones I've tried so far, even with a lot of prepping).

But this one felt really nice and smooth and I took an already shave ready razor (Thuringian fiinished) to it - with very good results . A really smooth and comfortable shave!

I'll probably keep this one.

Cheers
Jörg

Hi Jörg, no i never owned it....so i think its the same stone you own now...i just used it for documentating purposes here in the french hone thread in beeing relevant to the history of F.G.B.C.....

So i shurely would appreciate and others as well i think, if you could post furthr pictures here....

Regards

Originally Posted by doorsch

Hi Jörg, no i never owned it....so i think its the same stone you own now...i just used it for documentating purposes here in the french hone thread in beeing relevant to the history of F.G.B.C.....

So i shurely would appreciate and others as well i think, if you could post furthr pictures here....

Regards

Here you go :






And here's a a vintage coticule (17,5 x 4 x 1,6 cm) that I got from France (so I hope it fits here as well):

Thanks Jörg for posting the pictures [emoji106]

Another One to Add here, a resample of the Stone Peter posted at his first post here as a Lorraine Stone (Marque M.P.O.P.)...also the same stone as Modines Fox Hone....

Its a Pierre de Lorraine Rouge (a Goldfisch F&Co.) and as already mentioned here and in Henks Grinding and Honing Part 4 "Belgian Whetstones" a fine kind of Sandstone...

So these stones were sold as:

1. Pierre de Lorraine Rouge, Trademark M.P.O.P. With a red label

2. Goldfisch Wetzstein in a smal wooden Box

3. Goldfisch Wetzstein in a paper box Trademark Goldfisch F&Co.

4. Fox razor Hone "The Best Hone in the World"

5. The Best Hone in the World, without trademark

Also we know that the Fox Razor Hones might have been relabelled for the American Market as the Fox label was glued over the Goldfisch label...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...your-pick.html

With water and light ;-)

Here are some further two french friends....very interesting how far they travelled....

They were used from a german grandfather, probably for keeping his straights in condition but i do not really know...

Both looked like odd stones but i give it a try and both will have a new home here ;-)

1. in my point of view a Vosges / Vosgienne...it has a comparable pattern to the one i own already....light green inclusions on the other side red inclusions. Its visible on the slurry pics how different both sides look in colour...one sides slurry is brownish/red the other is more red then brown...

A fast cutting stone leaving a very fine finish...i really like this one!!

Out if the Box:


Slurry brownish/red side:


Slurry red side:


Surface:


Inclusions green and red, sorry no daylight shots:

2. a french stone for using on fine tools and knifes...its a slate type stone very dark grey to black...the label which is hardly damaged has some information left. I could save some photos and tried to copy the label with a pencil...it states not to use with oil...



Does anybody have seen that Symbol with a Kind of a Eye with a M in the middle it looks like beams are around the Eye, some letters RKE are visible...i first thought its German and the rest of "MARKE" though its french this does not fit...