Thread: Do it yourself glass hone from yesteryear

Not much to it, and it looks like it could work well. But where do you get those old school (no pun) slate pencils in this day and age?

http://books.google.com/books?id=5DI...rdTEHeZxRiyyis

Interesting. I just saw a glass razor hone on ebay last night.

Originally Posted by steve

Interesting. I just saw a glass razor hone on ebay last night.

Really???

Originally Posted by bth88

Really???

Hmm, I can't tell if that's sarcastic or not but I'll play the optimist here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-HALLS-GL...QQcmdZViewItem

That's the hone I saw.

And, if I'm wrong, well...it wouldn't be the first time

Originally Posted by steve

Hmm, I can't tell if that's sarcastic or not but I'll play the optimist here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Antique-HALLS-GL...QQcmdZViewItem

That's the hone I saw.

And, if I'm wrong, well...it wouldn't be the first time

Yeah, that's the one that got me googling. I came up with that P.M. article from a search. I also searched the forum and found that some have used frosted glass hones in combo with such abrasives but not slate pen (which is some sort of chalk). That P.M. article basically shows you how to "frost" the glass yourself. It seems like you could get a very nice final finish on the cheap with something like this.

just thought it was interesting today when i went into leevalley they had the popular mechanics shop notes for sale

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,46096,46100

Those look very cool. I bet they are loaded with tons of great information.