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Here are photos of a couple of hones that came my way about which I know nothing. The first stone is a grey-green on one side and a maroon on the other. It has an uneven separation between the two.Attachment 48445
The other is a Glass Hone which appears to be a sandblasted glass surface.
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Does anyone have an idea about what the top stone is and how to use the glass stone?
Thank you!
~Geezer
1 st one is a barber hone.
1 side should be courser then other. you can use and sharpen your blade.
Second one i am not sure.
There have been various types of glass hone like this - some for safety razors and some for straights.
Here's a google books page from Popular Mechanics dated 1906 where they describe haow to make one for a traight razor.
It's on page 747, just a bit after the mid point on the side-slider control.
Regards,
Neil
Thank you! I have been wondering why they don't make them now..or are the diamond compound hones and some of the others a modern adaptation?
Thanks again!
~Geezer
I also have a glass hone. The instructions say to work up a slurry. It does work.
Take some garnet powder, chrome oxide or other loose abrasive grain, mix with water and use that as a slurry on that glass hone?
Perhaps the grade of the hone can be changed by using a finer abrasive to rough up the surface?
Just my $.02,:)
I reckon it would work, Randy. The Popular Mechanics article says to regrind the surface of the glass when it gets shiny, so using different abrasives should give it different finishes.Quote:
Originally Posted by randydance062449
Your idea of garnet powder puts me in mind of a Robert Williams article on a 'super hone' - in short, using different abrasives as a slurry on a Spyderco UF hone - from coarse to fine.
Regards,
Neil
Neil.....yes, the concept is simply to regard the fine hone as a substrate for abrasive powders. I really want to try it on a well used, slow cutting Arkansas Black or translucent with various type/grade abrasive powders. BTW, the glass hone I used seemed a bit unforgiving to the edge, kinda like a DMT.
You guys are giving me ideas. Next time I get a razor ready to hone I shall try some garnet I have.
~Richard
