Thread: Not sure how I never found this before.

Fantastic! I know exactly hownyou feel.

Gongrats whit the new fam razor,
Alway nice to hear things we love stay stay in the fam,

Congratulations! Howsomever, that, is not the hone to use on a razor!!
Enjoy the history and the memories!
~Richard
I now agree with Hirlau, But still say that just any Carborundum hone would be a disaster.
Many razors I find in shops where the former owners had taken a knife hone and destroyed the edge and spine. Better to warn than sit back and say nothing.
~Richard

Congrats! I have a near identical Boker that I found at a sidewalk sale in Pigeon Lake a few years back. It still shaved arm hairs out of the box. I've since honed it up (it took an edge very quickly and easily) and it's a great shaver. You might want to lap the hell out of that hone before using it, though. Enjoy.

Originally Posted by Geezer

Howsomever, that, is not the hone to use on a razor!!

Why is that? From the picture can you tell the difference between a Carborundum for razors and those for knives?

Boker fantastic, family heirloom priceless! Enjoy!

Is that hone two sided?

It is a two sided hone, and the box calls it a razor hone, I can't find any grit size, but the inside of the lid does have some writing, but I need to clean some old slurry off of it.

Thanks for all the comments, everyone.

For sake of discussion on the hone, could you take a few more photos of the hone & photos of the ends of the hone box with the labels. Please...

I collect Carborundum hones & would like to see the model of this one.

I can give you an idea on if or how you should use it on your razor.

Here are a couple, I will clean them up in a couple days, just cramming for a work presentation. I will post some after pics then.

Edit: Sorry for the picture orientation. My iPhone seems to have no rhyme or reason to the way it displays pictures.

Nice hand me down