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Here's one with the original instructions. Interesting that it specifies not to use lather. I found this hone to be a very nice finisher.

King also made razors. They were in Indiana, PA.

Hm, well whether or not that is a real Swaty (I really don't know enough to say), the directions and packaging are radically different from Jimmy's. That makes me think that, while yours (Kees)...

Kees, can you post another shot where the text on the hone is more visable or type up the text. Maybe it's just me, but I can't clearly read it from this angle. Is that "THE SWATY" "THREE LINE"...

Had you posted that before, Jimmy? Cause now that I'm seeing it, the language looks ever more familiar, and I'm sure I must have seen those specific instructions before. Yes, if there was a Swaty...

FWIW, I just wanted to say +1 on this. I've had three different Swaty's, and all have been uniform stones (as far as I can tell). I had also heard/read somewhere something about them being...

First off, thanks to Sham for taking the initiative to start this thread.

I'm not sure if it really counts as a barber hone (since it's not the normal size), but I started a thread about my Long...