Gentlemen, I present the oddest razor hone I've picked up to date.
THE NEW No. 7 FOUR STROKE SILVERLITE MINERAL HONES
I just can't get over how odd this hone is, and the blantant marketing jargon. Just read that little poem, WONDER HONE is on the way! It looks like the patent was late 1930's but the product sleeve indicates 70,000 barbers have used this hone! Has anyone even seen something like this? It's seems like some sort of industrial/chemical product. I delicately chamfered the edges and it is by far the worse smelling hone I've ever dealt with, pure sulfer/chemical smell.
As for use, true to the lable this hone is so soft you can shave filings off of it. While shaving I took a good razor and did 6 stokes, nothing happened according to my face. 6 more and the razor was significantly dulled. Afterwards I did 20 passes, quite dull now and won't pass hht. 20 more and the same. I see zero effect on the bevel scratches/mirror or chips but likely the razor edge is digging into the hone and dulling. Maybe it just needs some break in period. Next time I'm going to try stropping strokes only? It is about the same hardness as a piece of pine wood.
I just can't imagine it being a Wonder Hone. Well I guess it does make me wonder why someone would patent such a hone in the late 1930s, and and then write a poem for it!!
THE NEW No. 7 FOUR STROKE SILVERLITE MINERAL HONES
I just can't get over how odd this hone is, and the blantant marketing jargon. Just read that little poem, WONDER HONE is on the way! It looks like the patent was late 1930's but the product sleeve indicates 70,000 barbers have used this hone! Has anyone even seen something like this? It's seems like some sort of industrial/chemical product. I delicately chamfered the edges and it is by far the worse smelling hone I've ever dealt with, pure sulfer/chemical smell.
As for use, true to the lable this hone is so soft you can shave filings off of it. While shaving I took a good razor and did 6 stokes, nothing happened according to my face. 6 more and the razor was significantly dulled. Afterwards I did 20 passes, quite dull now and won't pass hht. 20 more and the same. I see zero effect on the bevel scratches/mirror or chips but likely the razor edge is digging into the hone and dulling. Maybe it just needs some break in period. Next time I'm going to try stropping strokes only? It is about the same hardness as a piece of pine wood.
I just can't imagine it being a Wonder Hone. Well I guess it does make me wonder why someone would patent such a hone in the late 1930s, and and then write a poem for it!!