Thread: Check out my sweet new hone..... and then tell me what the heck it is !!

Well, after further investigation(scraping it with a knife) it would appear that this is either the softest glass in recorded history or not glass at all.

I can gouge the "glass" with a butter knife and it doesn't sound like glass when struck with various objects.

It has that hollow "THUD" of plastic and not the sharp "TINK" of glass.

Could still call it glass, just like the linen part of the strop isn't usually linen.

I've got a barber hone that looks like glass but is soft and easily scratched or shattered. Wierd hone, but it works well. Not the same brand as yours, but they could be related. Mine doesn't have the odd material glued to the back, but on yours it may have been glued on to keep it from being so slippery if your hands are damp (like I said it's easily shattered).

Edit: Mine is colored (not clear), but it looks like glass and feels like plastic, and can be scratched with a fingernail. Mine is also two-sided but it's the same material on both sides only different grits (accd to the instructions).

That last pic sure makes it look like a coticule due to the creamy color but it's the first I've ever seen mounted to lucite and not black slate. I love the caveat on the stone "No fancy strokes or don't blame the hone". Truth is, we will probably never know about this one. It's sure a beauty of a relic though. A nice addition to any stone collection.