Thread: "Franz Swaty WAHRING bei WIEN (austria)" - rings a bell?

So I have this block. No clue what it is.

"Franz Swaty WAHRING bei WIEN (austria)" are the only markings. The block is about 2 inches by 7 inches and dark brown in color.

Do you know the grit? Is it any good?

swatys are supposed to be good. thats an awful big one...never seen one that big. they are finishing stones probly around 8000 (give or take) someone will correct me if i'm wrong

Thanks

Now that I measure it, it's about 5 1/4 by 2 inches... not 7.
I'm used to metric. hehe

I was just looking for this thread. . . only with some answers. I have a Swaty as described above. Wahring is not defined in any German/English dictionary. Bei is 'at.' Wien is 'Vienna.' Also (Austria) is stamped below. It is interestingly translated into English.

Most of the Swatys on ebay have Marburg, Austria stamps. I looked up the ebay transaction for my Wahring Bei Wien and it was listed as Marburg, Austria, too.

I just did a Wiki search on Marburg, Austria and got no hits. It says Marburg is in Germany (or Queensland). Oh well.

I asked previously about Swaty hones and someone more knowledgeable than I am said they are 10-11K grit.

Having used mine a while, I think that's about right.

I would like to know how to tell a Pike Swaty, a three line Swaty (the kind Joe Lerch uses) and any other Swaty info I can find.

Maybe someone who knows something will come along.


Regards

Originally Posted by oldschool

I just did a Wiki search on Marburg, Austria and got no hits. It says Marburg is in Germany (or Queensland). Oh well.

It is actually Maribor, Now a city in Slovenia, than part of Yugoslavia, called Marburg an der Drau in Germany...

Nenad

Fascinating, Graz, Austria is only 30 miles away. I wonder if that counts.

It's beginning to look like Swaty (and/or son) made hones with different labels, perhaps at different locations. Later, other manufacturers made "Swaty" hones to capitalize on name recognition.

After a couple hours, I don't have much new knowledge about Swaty hones. However, I wonder if I have gained some insight into business ethics of the past.

Regards

Many Swatys have Wahring bei Wien which means Wahring near Vienna. Maybe the closeness to a large city was considered to be better for sales.