American Blue Diamond Hone
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Nice stone. Have you tried it out yet? What kind of edges are you getting off of it?
Nice stone. Have you tried it out yet? What kind of edges are you getting off of it?
Hmmm. Guess he hasn't used it yet.
I've never had much luck with barber hones.
This is a picture of my grandfathers Blue Diamond Hone - it does not say "American" on it. He was a shoemaker from Hungary and came to the US in 1908 or thereabouts. He had a shoe shop in NJ up until his death in 1949. I use this hone to put the edge on my wood chisels before I go to the leather strop it does a fine job. I just resurfaced it using a diamond plate. The diamond plate that I used to resurface this hone cut it fairly quickly compared to me resurfacing my Smith stones.
