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    Default Swaty hone?

    Big Red recently sold this Swaty in the Classifieds. I just looked at it today and immediately noticed something "wrong" or at least odd about it.

    Does anyone else notice anything out of the ordinary about it?
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    It looks OK to me. But I have only one mint three line Swaty, never seen a used one.
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    Stamp is upside down? I'm only guessing since I'm not at home to grab one of my hones and look and I sold my only 3 line; I still have a Pike Swaty I don't use.

    Other than that, I'd guess that it's one of those rare Swatys that I've heard about but I've never seen that were purported to soil themselves periodically?


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    I didn't know good ol' Herr Swaty made 12 x 5 hones. It makes me want to expand on my coticule experience.

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    Chris got it right! I have never seen a Swaty with the imprint oriented that way. So, is it a rare Swaty or a poorly rendered copy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    Chris got it right! I have never seen a Swaty with the imprint oriented that way. So, is it a rare Swaty or a poorly rendered copy?
    It's the Inverted Jenny of Swaty hones?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris L View Post
    Other than that, I'd guess that it's one of those rare Swatys that I've heard about but I've never seen that were purported to soil themselves periodically?

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    The picture looks like there are Swaty droppings on the table top in addition to the hone.

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    Okay, now I understand! I was worried about you for a while there!

    I hope someone can shed some light on this Swaty! Oddly, I actually am curious about it.

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    I just grabbed mine excitedly....damn. No Swaty/Jenny for me.

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