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A Swaty ain't a carborundum stone. It is aluminum oxide. Not that one is better than the other .... maybe it is, I don't know. It is a different abrasive and may be manufactured in a different...

Those same old barbers who told me about the coticule back in the '80s swore by the Swaty for the quick touch up hone. They would wear the shirts with the two pockets at the waist and keep their...

Sham, back in the mid 1980s I bought 3 coticules from three different barbers in north NJ. All of them told me the cream color side was the hone and the blue side was not good for honing. Just to...

This info is from The Barber's Manual by A.B. Moler. First published in 1911, my copy is the 1926 edition. I am not taking a position on the merits of the text as I love both stones. Just thought to...