Quote Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl View Post
the 1 st picture is the good herr Franz top slide.
i don't think so three lines of lettering means same .The reason is first hone and last hone both have 3 line lettering an dact 360 degree different each other.three line hone is courser then 3 lettering (last picture in top slide)3 lettering is more finer.
i am little confused ?why people doesn't want to accept three line hone and three lettering hone are different?why so maney of you are in denial?

i have showed
Austrian
German
american three line hones still not accepting it?
I don't think anyone is disagreeing with you that you have a hone that has three line embossed on it. All that is being said is that when the forum members referred to a Swaty 3 line they mean a hone with three lines of text.,

I was thinking that back in the old days when traveling salesmen made the rounds of barber shops they probably were asked if they had any of the 3 line Swatys. Eventually a barber supply picked up on this and as a selling point embossed it on a hone hoping to sell more of their product. Just speculation.on my part,