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Well also the honing is widely explained in Holtzapffels description on the following pages.
But I don't think that the people really spent much time and had the routine to hone the razors properly...

Well the stone is a little longer than the razor handle and the open box, so I would estiate around 18 x 3.5 (looks a bit more narrow than a typical 7'').

As for the hollow ground, well the old...

PM sent as I think this goes too much off topic now for this thread!

Regards Peter

Well July,

there is nothing to say against Ralf Aust razors. He is one of the last real razor grinders in Germany and his razors are absolut top quality.
But you cannot compare the modern razors...

Well of course I looked to the stone very careful. And it is surely slate. From the time frame that would also fit since the first quarry for Thuringian slate waterhones opend in 1808. And at the...

Born December 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven grew up in the german city of Bonn and lived there until the age of 22, when he moved to Vienna.
His Birthplace, the house Bonngasse 20, still exists and is...