Thread: For JIMMY

forget the piture plae sorry.this is the piture

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

forget the piture plae sorry.this is the piture

Hmmm thanks Sam, nice label, anyone have a pic of the elusive Turkey stone or info on performance. Inquiring Haddicts want to know ?

i need the site name again.Sorry don't have a good memory

Elusive it is. I have never see one, just a small sample.

I've never seen one either. But, I'm working through the 494 page nineteenth century report of Novaculites JCitron graciously posted HERE.

Paraphrasing from pages 58-59 of the document regarding the Turkey stone:

• Particles around .01".
• Silica for a cutting abrasive
• Particle size between the U.S. origin and once popular Hindostan whetstone and the Arkansas.
• "though not so fine as the Arkansas...." The text at least on that page does not specify which Arkansas stone the text refers to (black, translucent, etc).

I'm more fascinated by some of the U.S. stones listed in this report. There were about ten states that produced whetstones. The closest state to me, Michigan possesses a stone that was purported to be capable of putting a fine edge on razors (page 31 of this document): "The novaculite however, of Carp River, is superior to any article which has fallen under our notice, not excepting the Arkansas, Turkey or Scotch stone, for producing fineness of edge." "The quality of the stone is said to be excellent." The area they mention is about an 8 hour drive from me. I will be going there someday.

Rhode Island is mentioned in this report to have a stone that was highly regarded.

Fascinating report.

Chris L

Yes Chris, I have perused that myself. Interesting observations on the Belgian coticules and the Thuringan stones too. Somewhere in there if my memory is correct I understood them to say that the abrasive content of the coticule is equal to the Arkansas but the binder is too soft for cutting tools such as chisels or planes.

Lucky for us that the coticules and Thuringans are just right for razors. When they mention these obscure stones like the Turkey among others and talk about how highly regarded they were I get curious to try one. Like any normal person.

I really need to stop reading these forums, now I have American Hone Acquisition Disorder to go with my unsated British Hone Acquisition Disorder (you'd think living in England I'd be able to track down some of the more obscure British stones but you'd be wrong.)
On the subject of US hones, does anyone know about the Orange Stones that are supposed to come from Indiana? There was one on ebay a while ago but the seller wouldn't ship to the UK.

check this

http://straightrazorpalace.com/basic...est-stone.html

I've only seen one illustration of a Turkey hone. Is it permissable to post a link to a commercial site? They do provide information specific to the hone but I can't read Turkish.

Originally Posted by beenpickin

I've only seen one illustration of a Turkey hone. Is it permissable to post a link to a commercial site? They do provide information specific to the hone but I can't read Turkish.

It is done all the time. Not a problem. Maybe a translation site such as babelfish could be used to read the description if you can copy and paste it.