If you happen to see a 5 or 6 x2 ......:w I'm in the market for one.
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If you happen to see a 5 or 6 x2 ......:w I'm in the market for one.
Here is the correct translation:
".. It is found in the Crete island which is on the south-west of Turkey. It looks black. The rate of Novaculite is 70-75% and it contains 20-25% calcite. All the Crete stones have the same qualities, which is the most valuable characteristic of Turkish oil stone..."
So I wonder if it being primarily Novaculite would give it the same characteristics as an Arkansas stone ?
For those who may be late comers to this thread Sham and other hone aficionados read 100 year old books on Google where the Turkey stone is said to be the most highly regarded hone after the Charnley Forest.
Thanks for the info Sham. I have sort of lost interest in getting one. If I happened onto a vintage Turkey oil stone and it lived up to the press of 100 years ago I wouldn't pass it up but I am trying to get to know the stones I already have before adding more to the mix.
Sham of course is right; this is what happened in transit to a narrow one of mine - and I'm probably lucky it's just a corner:
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I'm very happy about mine.
It does cut
- into polished surfaces
- hard steels
- very shallow but effective.
Polishing out what it has done is easy with an Arkansas or a finer Thuringian.
Wouldn't want to miss it.
Sham it probably also sharp between the teeth.
Like a flint stone arrow head.