Pike 1915 Publication: "Sharpening Stones: History And Development"

[FortyTwoBlades]

I recently managed to get my hands on this fascinating bit of history and have made a full scan available. A great read from a point in time that bridged between the eras of natural and synthetic stone use.

 

[pjwoolw]

Good read! Thanks for posting that up!

 

[mycough]

Fun read, thanks for sharing. Russ

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Thanks guys. Looks like a couple pages are missing (must not have compiled right) so I'll be updating the link with the corrected PDF.

 

[kwackster]

Thanks for this, it's good reading material.
I posted the link also on the Dutch knife forum.

 

[Jamesh Bond]

NOICE.

Thx 42 !

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

There we go--the missing pages are now restored to the document.

 

[Jamesh Bond]

Wonder if the "How to Sharpen" booklet referenced still exists. That would be a cool supplement to this read.

 

[fsatsil]

Very cool! Thanks for posting it.

 

[pondoro]

I read the whole thing, it is very interesting.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

From what I've been able to find, it seems to have been written by Herbert E. Smith, who was their general manager at the time.

 

[David Martin]

Thanks for posting this booklet. A very good read. DM

 

[David Martin]

This writing sort of blows ToddS statement out of the water. In a different topic he said, "there were no razor hones above 1000 grit (maybe 800 ANSI) 150 years ago." This publication dates some of the fine stones at 190 years ago. DM

 

[ToddS]

This writing sort of blows ToddS statement out of the water. In a different topic he said, "there were no razor hones above 1000 grit (maybe 800 ANSI) 150 years ago." This publication dates some of the fine stones at 190 years ago. DM

Before I quit this forum for good, I stated that >10k / sub-micron hones were not available 150 years ago. That is the equivalent of the standard Naniwa 12k / Shapton 16k / Gokumyo 20k hones used today.

The silica grains in Novaculite are in the range of 10 microns.

 

[David Martin]

Nobody can check you out as you deleted your posts. But don't leave. You just got to be real thick skinned to be on this forum. Lay back and laugh at some getting all uptight. The history of Pike stones is still good information. DM