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Jimbo, that's exactly what my barber friend called it. A Belgium stone. That's what I usually refer to it as well. I also know he was never taught to reset a bevel on a razor and neither were any of the other older barbers I've talked to. If a razor lost its bevel, they considered it done and got a new one. I'm sure that's why we find so many razors still in decent shape.
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Yes, either that or if it was available to them they sent it out to be "reground"! I think old time barbers would be amazed at what we do with straights nowadays.
James.
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My old barber mentor told me he used to buy straight razors ten at a time for about three to four dollars apiece. It was cheaper just to buy a new one rather than send the old one out to be reground.
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Now that is what I call a land of milk and honey! :D
James.