Thread: HAD PEOPLE LET'S resolve this challenge?

Originally Posted by McWolf1969

The more i read, the less likely it seems that your hone is yellow jasper, but here is a link with info...Jasper is essentially related to Arkansas stones/Novaculite.
The Jasper hone i have is quite small, multi-colored and i havent taken the time to completely lap it, due to its hardness...hence no razor tests on it yet. Sorry. :-(

jasper: Definition from Answers.com

it is just one color what you see is crack most likely.

Could it be a White Escher ?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Could it be a White Escher ?

Haven't seen white Escher .

Apologies for a slight hijack, I'd be as interested as the next man to find out where this stone came from but I have to ask, where the bloody hell do you people keep finding these mysterious and exotic stones? I've taken a chance on a couple of ebay unknown stone lots and ended up with real dogs, so please put me and a lot of others out of our misery and reveal the sources. I don't just mean the original poster, there are a few others here who seem to have a knack for finding special stones, surely one of you can help the rest of us out. Please? Pretty please?

Kindest regards,
Alex

I do not even dare to ask, but this is in deed a very good question.
Sham thats a nice piece of rock.
But I have no clue either what it could be.

Sham is for sure the king of finding a ridiculous amount of hones that turn out to be winners.

Not that you were serious, but I guess the fact that it's a very hard stone rules out Eschers/thuringians.

Is there any chance it's a huge chunk of those old "Kosjer" coticules, that apparently aren't really even coticules, that are supposedly really really good (like the one for sale in the classifieds right now toward the top)?

This one came from the bay, titled VICTORIAN ANTIQUE BARBER SHOP RAZOR KNIFE SHARPENER box in Collectibles > Knives, Swords & Blades > Accessories > Sharpeners. This was the ad text:

Fresh from an old upstate new york estate comes this terrific, rare antique boxed sharpener out of a vintage barber shop. Porcelain knob handle, great detail along wood box base. Measures about 9.50" x 3.50" x 3.50". Very nice original finish and patina on the box. Buyer pays $15 shipping in US on this heavy item. Much more for overseas shipping. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER ITEMS ON EBAY.

Just got three bids. Shipping costs were as heavy as the item itself, and I bid accordingly - thus only making me responsible for running up the price...

Sorry for that Randy/Sham!

Oldengaerde you don't have to be sorry.
Every penny i have spend on this stone is worth it.
To be honest i had no idea what i am doing. (usually i don't as a result waste a lot of money)
But by doing this (risk)sometimes you really get very rare nice stones. unusual ones.
I have checked any name etc nothing in the box . it does have great box too. it is really heavy.

Originally Posted by pjrage

Is there any chance it's a huge chunk of those old "Kosjer" ?

No 100% sure about it. check the edges it seems like when it brakes down very very sharp edge forms. if you touch with your finger it will cut.
No escher or coticule has that characteristics.
yes it is come from ebay.
i hope someone will know something about this .

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

No 100% sure about it. check the edges it seems like when it brakes down very very sharp edge forms. if you touch with your finger it will cut.
No escher or coticule has that characteristics.
yes it is come from ebay.
i hope someone will know something about this .

Does it put a better edge on razors than your nakayamas?

I only mentioned that special coticule because evidently it's very very different than regular coticules and puts a much finer edge on? I'm only going by what I read in the ad, though.