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Hal,
Good suggestion but I do think the leather itself has more give than the balsa. I am beginning to think the secret of the balsa is in the open pores moe than it's give. I have used thick...

Randy,
They come without leather. I ws going to make up some with leather if guys wanted them but was unsure how the wetting would affect it. I tried tonight with just wiping water on top with my...

Thanks guys. I can't see myself resawing stones at this point but am still looking atbarber hones. I like the more nostalgic approach anyway.

I was thinking a Cushion hone with a finely pasted...

Tilly mentioned the felt to me as well. I have seen a few old one like that and it would put some distance between leather and wet hone as well as padd the leather a bit. I don't think a little give...

John,
I didn't want to sell any until I work out the water issue. Wetting from the top looks like it will work, soaking will ruin the leather pretty quickly.

The instructions that came with these...

I just got a pair of Cushion Strop Hones from Tilly an was curious about there original use.
I assume most would use a barber hone wet, ie either soaked in water or with lather. So, what happens to...