Thread: French Hones

Interesting 1734 French hone on ebay, bidding has ended by now so I feel happy to post about it. I hope it went to a member. I was outbid I am afraid.
Rare Ancienne Pierre À Aiguiser Datée DE 1734 ART Populaire Rasoir Coupe Choux | eBay

Originally Posted by Kees

Interesting 1734 French hone on ebay, bidding has ended by now so I feel happy to post about it. I hope it went to a member. I was outbid I am afraid.
Rare Ancienne Pierre À Aiguiser Datée DE 1734 ART Populaire Rasoir Coupe Choux | eBay

That is really interesting

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Some of you might hate me for this but as iam still in the research of the Special Stones and La Lune razor hones this step is needed.

So this is a picture of another Special Stone i got the last week. This was prepared to be sent to a university to create a thin cut from it...

Iam actually in the process to create a cooperation with a geologist.

Goal will be to dig deeper into geological / petrographic facts on some of the well known razors hones and sharpening stones. This mean surface measurement, thin cuts and analysis probably followed my high rez / SEM pictures.

We all have different descriptions for some of the stones. Is is a slate? Is it mud slate ? Is it shale? I also expect evaluated results what type of stones we talk about under a geological aspect...

I actually cant report too much, but i will create a seperate post about the project and then update the cooperations status.

Gents

Can we sticky this thread so it doesnt get lost one day? These stones are rare and dont show up everyday.

I am very curious to see the results.

Originally Posted by doorsch

Some of you might hate me for this but as iam still in the research of the Special Stones and La Lune razor hones this step is needed.

So this is a picture of another Special Stone i got the last week. This was prepared to be sent to a university to create a thin cut from it...

Iam actually in the process to create a cooperation with a geologist.

Goal will be to dig deeper into geological / petrographic facts on some of the well known razors hones and sharpening stones. This mean surface measurement, thin cuts and analysis probably followed my high rez / SEM pictures.

We all have different descriptions for some of the stones. Is is a slate? Is it mud slate ? Is it shale? I also expect evaluated results what type of stones we talk about under a geological aspect...

I actually cant report too much, but i will create a seperate post about the project and then update the cooperations status.

Since it's for the name of science, and, if the research does show results, then I suppose you can be forgiven.
Do be careful though, you are walking on a thin line and mistakes will get you to hone hell. A nasty place with blunt knives and rare stakes, I wouldn't want to go there. Also, devil's pitchfork causes blunt trauma.
Still, at some point someone had to do it. I've also tried cooperating with a geologist here for some local stones but their knowledge on what I was searching for was somewhat lacking.

I have also thought about sending out samples of hone for geological assaying but have access to very few samples due to a weak HAD, but think that this is a positive move. I applaud your motivation to do this. Thank you.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have also thought about sending out samples of hone for geological assaying but have access to very few samples due to a weak HAD, but think that this is a positive move. I applaud your motivation to do this. Thank you.

Thanks Shaun actually this time it is less more on my side...i was the initial fire to start with that request....

More is based on my counterpart who seems to be really interested to further more research this topics....i dont have to tell that researching is an expensive process especially dealing with high tecnical processes and instruments. Thin cuts fex. do cost around 30-50€ per sample without a full driven analytic and SEM pictures. So iam really grateful that there seems to be a way to go...as said i cant tell how far we come and what results we might expect. But i just love to try go this way....

Originally Posted by antoine46

These are very beautiful stone. I am fortunate to have two such model but different size. A smaller and narrower, which is very good for some razor. They are in my stones set for sharpening razors. They are placed before latter. I have two violet model but also one that is huge.

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Did you just sell this la lune on Ebay? I think I bought it from you!

Originally Posted by Disburden

Did you just sell this la lune on Ebay? I think I bought it from you!

No, it's not me :RÉ