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I found a reference to the German Razor Hone from Ratisbon in volume 21 of The Mechanical News, published in 1892. Whilst most sources state that the Razor Hone, and the Blue and Grey polishing...

Apologies for steering this thread away from it's original course but I just wanted to ask Bart, if you are familiar with any other references regarding the hone from Lorraine that you mentioned?...

They are mentioned here Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Arkansas pages 30-31 of the actual book, pages 59-60 of the online file.

I have asked on some of the antique tool foums and some...

The name on the label I believe is C. Meinig, not E. He was the Bill Gates of the 19th Century British hone trade, owning as he did the largest manufactory and retail premises of this type. He won...