Not even a stone!!

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I bought this off eBay thinking I might be getting a pink coticule. I know coticules come from Belgium and this was labeled German. But I really didn't know of any pink razor stones from Germany.

I still don't.:td

If you are able to read the fine print, it talks about putting a few drops of water on the surface and then rubbing the "slate pencil" over it, then hone.

It isn't stone.:mad: and certainly not an X-hone

What it appears to be is a glass plate with a pink label fixed to one side.:gaah:

Where do I get a slate pencil?

Does this fit in at all with the discussion about using pencil lead as a hone?

I was going to bid for that, but then I thought it had a big crack in it

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I was going to bid for that, but then I thought it had a big crack in it

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I can barely see it in person. I can't even feel it with my "edge testing thumb". It doesn't seem to be much of anything.

Maybe I could use a No 2 pencil?

huh!
Maybe with "slate pencil" they mean the ones we used to write on a slate board with?
Then they are probably talking about chalk.
You can probably use any kind of honing powder.

I wonder if the slate pencil is only intended to freshen the surface before honing?

Hone with just water for now and tell us the results :shrug:

Try it, try it, and and you may! Try it and you may I say!
It can't be too enigmatic if it is the only hone that an inexperienced man can use

you could probably get a slurry stone from a Escher and make a real nice glass.... er.. uh... hone. :gl:

we've seen these here before BTW

A discussion about using pencil lead as a hone?

Pencil lead contains graphite which would probably make the worst honing media in the world. Its a lubricant and is greasy and the particales or grit would be too small anyway.

Why not just put some motor oil on your hone, same difference.

Did a search and they appear to be pencils used on slates as Olivia says. (BTW what is the latest on the Olivia hone? I can't remember the other name you are using. I'm tellin' ya, your missing out on a catchy name here. Could be the next Escher!). They are available on eBay for $10 each. I found our state historical society sells them for $0.45 each.

Who needs to fix up razors to raise money for Rad. 2,000% profit is what I say!!

I am not sure about using the glass plain. If glass alone would work you guys would have been using that for decades!!

Maybe I could put some Chrome Ox on it.

Maybe I'll do that tonight!

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we've seen these here before BTW

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Some people who just spent $$$ on a hard Arkansas are just trying to bring me down. I've only slept 3 hours of the last 36 and it's going to take more than that to bring me back to reality!!:tu

I would try it without anything first, just for the heck of it... Maybe it's not just glass?