Thread: Covenant hone

I had been curious about the covenant hones since I read about them some time ago. I was able to pick up Covenant hone #4 from a member here which gave me a chance to try out the hone. I began by lapping the stone with a DMT 325, pencil grid, for about 50 minutes. Progress continued on wet/dry paper through to include 2,000 grit. I picked several shave ready razors and with the minimal of slurry began efforts just to polish these edges further. Feather light circles and finishing with regular X's on water only produced a very notable difference on the edges in terms of
a beautiful polish that did not exist on any of them before this hone. I followed with natural linen and horsehide. I have only shaved with one of the razors polished so far and it was a more pleasant shave than usual, it was more smooth and quieter than usual. These were all full hollow blades. I am looking forward to trying the other razors. I tried to show the mirror finish on the hone with the angle shot. It feels like perfectly smooth cold glass. I am impressed so I thought I would share. This Covenant stone weights 6.2 pounds and is 11" in length. The base is cherry wood. These originate in Israel's Negev desert.

Thats is one good looking stone my friend Enjoy!!

I'm glad you are enjoying it. It is certainly a unique hone.

Very cool Robert. I was looking at the inthe class. Im glad she is working out for you.

I have been thinking about a Covenant for more than a year but haven't taken the bait yet.

I'll probably pull the trigger one night after the fourth Glenlivet rocks.

Jerry
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50 minutes to lap? Not quite as hard as a charnley. I might have to get one and try it out.

Oh wow! it looks too pretty to be a hone.

Where can I buy one of those? I like it!

Yes, they do look cool, and certainly buying a stone from those eastern countries is making it kind of exotic, but for their prices, I'm not even thinking about buying one.

When Tsil (the owner of TCblades) posted his video review of the stones the highest one was rated at most 8k I wonder what a head to head comparison to Escher or a quality Jnat is?