Small surprises

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It don’t need to be always huge stones that make you enjoy your newest hone acquisition.
I recently won an ebay auction with a small box of razor utensils. The seller only show one picture and didn’t explain anything about the thinks in the box. Just sold it as is.




When I opened the box, I found beside a Sheffield razor 4 small honing stones in total. One coticule, a translucent Arkansas in a small self made paddle, another broken piece of Arkansas and a thuringian on a paddle. The thuringian nearly new and in perfect condition 5 x 1 inch, but only ¼ thick. The Arkansas widely used -also the coticule, a natural combo- both approximately 3,5 x ¾ inch large.






As for arkansas stones these size is quite common for sharpening knifes, I have never seen such a lovely small coticule used for razor honing.