Thread: My new HAqcuisitioins!!!

Hi Guys, Thought I would show off my hone acquisitions for the last month or so.

First up.

Pike MFG Co. Sapphire razor Hone - I picked this up because I'd never seen it before and I haven't seen many blue colored barber hones.

Next is a strange little barber hone with a beaver logo never seen one like this before either


Next is a little 5x1 Tam O Shanter that I got for like 20 bucks or so, theres a seller on ebay selling them at the moment seeing as the mine is closed I figured I might as well grab one.

Next is called a Brookstone Hone Co Strop Back Razor Hone, I paid very little for this and it came wit the box in great condition with the original instructions and everything.



And LAST But not LEAST I just won this S R Droescher AMBICUT hone. Comes in a nice wooden box and everything, it looks like it is missing the rubbing stone though =/ but oh well I have plenty of those anyway.


I also won some carborundum 100 series hones, a 101a 103 and 106 look forward to testing them out I wont post pics of those as pretty much everyone knows what they look like.

If anyone is intersted in the 5x1 Tam O Shanter Stones here's a link to buy it now for 17.95 usd plus postage
Vintage TAM O Shanter Hone Sharpener Stone Jewelry Watchmaker Scotland 5"X1"X1 | eBay

Thanks for sharing. please let us know how your hones perform.

Sunbird

Do let us know how the Pike Sapphire hone performs. I, for one, am very interested to know. Great purchases, by the way.

Lovely hones! I admit I love Swaty hones, but I am curious to know how this ones perform.

Nice collection of barber hones and that Tam is just a cherry on top.

I looked at some old threads regarding the ambicut hone. It appears to have a thuringian/escher stone on the reverse side. I say escher as SRD was the distributor for escher hones in america (I think?) but I know they also distributed Hohenzollern as well and other thuringians. Anyway I am wrapped that I paid 39 dollars for a barber hone with a thuringian on the back! lol

some pics showing the double sided ambicut hones from another thread I found:



The last pic seems to be identical to the hone that I bought.

Great stuff mate and some nice info on the ambicut hones I will be keeping a eye out for those babies.

The Ambicuts are very nice hones. The natural stone side comes in a nice light green color and is exactly like my light green escher. Although it doesn't say anyone what the stone is, I would bet on it being the German water hone.

Hope someone enjoys pictures...