1895-Essay-on-Barbers-Razors-Razor-Hones-Razor-Stropes-Razor-Honing

**StillShaving** · 01-23-2011, 11:30 PM

This has probably been posted before, but I haven't been following all posts and have never seen it mentioned before. A booklet titled: 1895-Essay-on-Barbers-Razors-Razor-Hones-Razor-Stropes-Razor-Honing

**SliceOfLife** · 01-24-2011, 08:12 AM

Funny, of what he lists I've owned a lot. I found the hard tempered blades easier to hone. Lucifer is one of my favorites. I have two. One to use and one to display.

**Hawkeye5** · 01-24-2011, 09:47 AM

Interesting read, but I'm not about to soak my strops in urine for a day!!

**SliceOfLife** · 01-24-2011, 11:14 AM

There's surely some good info to be gleened... but he also is mistaken in a lot of it. He makes distinctions between German Razor Hone and another brand that marketed Thuringians as Thuringians, as well as claiming an American branded Thuringian (Which was advertised in the day, and in that book in fact, as being Made in America, despite clearly being natural stone) is an even finer than Thuringian stone mined in america. Such a stone never existed.

Page 22 is the ad. It's the Nat'l Soap and Hone co. "Finest" hone. They claim it's manufactured in the US. The author mentions it in his hone reviews as being mined in the US. I know for a fact it's a Thuringian stone. I used it two nights ago.