Thread: carborundum hones

I found a few carborundum hones on ebay, any idea what their two grit's are? I'll probably have to lap them, but luckily there is an excellent tutorial on lapping here!

http://cgi.ebay.com/CARBORUNDUM-111-...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Carborundum-Razo...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-CARBORUN...QQcmdZViewItem

I have one old carborundum #138.

Try to search in the forum for threads, there's a lot of info regarding carborundums. This one for example:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/showt...ht=carborundum

I have used mine a couple of times and I actually managed to remove a big chip in the blade so it is a quite fast hone. It's possible to shave with the razor after honig and stropping...but you probably want to use a finer grit aswell, I use a Arkansas Black.

Nice looking hones by the way!

/Henrik