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Razors come straight from the bevel set on a platen to the final hone there are no progressions. The stones you are seeing are dressing stones for the convexed hone. The big piece of grey slate is...

Lot harder than you think to do. The convexing is quite small maybe 2-5 mm from center to edge depending on the size of the hone. My old man could eyeball it. I have used a jig in the past. Best used...

I don't think they were a high demand end user item. My grandfather had them because he and his brothers worked in the cutlery business at the turn of the century in Upper NY. My father learned from...

I think it was more common within straight manufacturers than end users and consumers because of the difficulty in use and maintaining the hones. Even old platens used to set the initial bevel were...

Convex hones were common to hone razors back in the day. Both my Dad and grandfather used a convexed Thuri and Ark to hone their razors. Unbelievable edges and bevels. I used them all the time....