Thread: old norton

Hello
I found this stone in my grandmothers basement. My grandfather didnt shave with a straight razor and it dosnt feel very finegrited, so I suppose it its low grit but maybe someone knows more about it. One of the sides feels finer then the other and differs in color aswell. Does the numbers on the box tell you anything? When I get time I gonna try to flatten it and try it out.

My 2 cents, after spending 30 minutes trying to figure it out with Norton publications;

It's an India combination gray & brown, pocket bench stone.
Old enough, to not exactly be listed in the publications i have.
The grit appears, by the data I have , to be a course 150 & a fine 400
Not something you want to put your razor on. IMO

What concerns me with this stone (according to your photos) is the "dryness" of the stone, causing the
lack of color. (gray-brown); yes it's an oil stone but this one is exceptionally dry, which makes me think there is a good chance it is & will "crumble" easily. If it crumbles easily, then the stone is totally worthless.

I don't know how to reguvinate oil stones, I have yet to try. I always look for signs of dryness & crumbling before buying.

Be watchfull upon flattening this stone, I would not lap/flatten it without it being soaked in an oil of some type for a while.

I hope this helps.

My first thought was perhaps this stone would be of more interest to axe men than razor men, to be frank.

James.

I thought it maybe could be used to remove chips and restore blades but maybe its to rough even for that. Thanks guys for your help, instead of trying it out on my razors I gonna do like you say jimbo and sharpen my axe.

i saw one on a shelf today at an antique store .. it was sitting on its edge and i could see the bottom had advertising
on the bottom lacquered to it ... i thought for sure it was an escher ..lol... but it was a norton fine grade oil stone .. i may go back and pick it up ... idk though ..

Carl
Its not for razors.
I use mine to lap my fine natural razor hones. So i am sure you can find some use for it

Trust me. It Will not crumble

Really?
Help me to understand & learn; you lap fine natural hones with old Norton oil stones?

Sure . Before 1000 wet sandpapper.
Some stones are a pain to lap and
Norton oilstone or any other Siliconcarbide or aloxite sharpening stone will do.

Dmt 325 is ok but some slates are so hard that the dmt will wear out.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Really?
Help me to understand & learn; you lap fine natural hones with old Norton oil stones?