I know natural stones like Escher's and Coticule's were around back then, but when did synthetic hones come onto the scene? Were they around back then too?
Availability Of Synthetic Stones In The 17 & 1800's
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Coticules were discovered in the 1950's...I have my wife's grandfather's...father's honing stone along with its "slurry paste"..seemed like pressing raw materials together..then baking over very high heat..thus forming a hard but smooth stone like surface for rehoning/touchups
Coticules were not discovered in the 1950s.
More like the 1600s.
More like the 1600s.
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Norton stones date back to 50's maybe 40's? Probably wrong on the 40's part. Hmm...ceramic barber's hones date back fairly far. Looking on ebay you see what they call like India stones. A syntheic similar to Nortons, I think.
Coticules have been around for a long time. In 1847 the mine had been open for many years.
http://www.coticule.be/the-cafeteria/topic/1453.html
Interesting question about synthetics, certainly less time than natural hones, but when they became a viable option I too would be interested in learning.
http://www.coticule.be/the-cafeteria/topic/1453.html
Interesting question about synthetics, certainly less time than natural hones, but when they became a viable option I too would be interested in learning.
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Synthetic whetstones were becoming available in the late 1800s.
Have no idea when the dirst one was 'invented' though.
From Norton's site;
Norton's India stone, the first Synthetic made from man-made abrasive and binder, were first manufactured in 1897.
From Ardennes;
"History tells us that, whetstones have been mined in the Belgian Ardennes since 1625."
After a bit more reading;
Apparently- The Roman Empire was using stones from Belgium for whetstones, I suppose we could assume they were Coticules. Even if that was at the end of the Empire, we're talking about the 1300's.
Have no idea when the dirst one was 'invented' though.
From Norton's site;
Norton's India stone, the first Synthetic made from man-made abrasive and binder, were first manufactured in 1897.
From Ardennes;
"History tells us that, whetstones have been mined in the Belgian Ardennes since 1625."
After a bit more reading;
Apparently- The Roman Empire was using stones from Belgium for whetstones, I suppose we could assume they were Coticules. Even if that was at the end of the Empire, we're talking about the 1300's.
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He's only off by 350 years, the misinformed trying to educate the uninitiated. There lays the problem, someone who does'nt know any better would accept that as fact.
I'm pretty sure cavemen (or damn near that far back) rubbed mud and sand onto flat surfaces to sharpen tools on. That would be the first synthetic whetstone I'm aware of.
That wouldn't make it the first synthetic but the first paste.
When it hardened it'd be a stone.
I guess synthetics came into the picture in late 1800's
