Thread: HAD PEOPLE LET'S resolve this challenge?

This is i have gotten Thank you to Randy.
I have test this stone and it gives result which i wasn't expecting . 1 of the finest edges.
characteristics
Very hard stone.
hard to lap.
150 dmt took me 20 mintes lapping i did get no wehere
strange shape.
Thick
doesn't leave any scratches on the blade. while i use 100x magnification,
color is almost milky and slurry is same.
had some cracks,
fast cutter any of my finishing stones.
size is 2,5 wide and 7 inch long add shape.
Seems like used only with water before me.

What i know is
This stone doesn't belong none of the below.
Escher;s. coticule, charnley forest, Arkansas, Nakayama, Turkey oil stone
Rest i don't know.
i will post pictures. i show
pictures include edges it may help to identify.
Lets hope some one knows about it.

Hi_Bud...possibly a piece of yellow jasper or hornstone? Used as flint and viking type hones? The jasper i have at home is quite hard, lapped like hard Arkansas...though the pic ive posted i got off line.

Mac

Why do I see these threads and then end up wanting something that I DON"T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS?????

Originally Posted by Ben325e

Why do I see these threads and then end up wanting something that I DON"T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS?????

Because you have H A D.

Originally Posted by McWolf1969

Hi_Bud...possibly a piece of yellow jasper or hornstone? Used as flint and viking type hones? The jasper i have at home is quite hard, lapped like hard Arkansas...though the pic ive posted i got off line.

Mac

i have never heard that stone. how it does act? does it puts nice edge? This stone is heavy really heavy. i will weight as soon as i can

i don't know a lot Japan hones . This is may one of them but i don't know.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

Because you have H A D.

You sir, are a bastard.

Just when I think I am doing well, you keep pulling me back in.

Looks a LOT like the stone that I couldn't afford in today's auction.

Same color, same type of dark "imperfections".

Here's a link:

Vintage Sharpening Stone in Wooden Case. - eBay (item 370217867793 end time Jun-29-09 15:20:48 PDT)

Am I wrong or is that a match?

Sham, is that sedimentary layering on the side view of the stone or just dirt? There was a well known novaculite (Arkansas stones are novaculites) stone called the Hindostan stone which was found primarily or possibly even exclusively in the state of Indiana.

Hindostan was used often as a whetstone even for razors and was also used to make gravestones.

Here are some pictures that will probably not help all that much that I found on the net:

Thick/thin edge banding on the side of a Hindostan stone

Hindostan Gravestones

If you scroll down on that same site, there are some links to history papers about the whetstone industry in Indiana in the early 1800's.

I doubt yours is a Hindostan, but the color seemed similar. If yours isn't, then......SOMEONE go to Orange County, Indiana and get us some Hindostan whetstone!!

Chris L

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

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Sham, is that sedimentary layering on the side view of the stone or just dirt?

Chris L

It is just dirt i didn't have time to clean sides yet. Chris check this stones edges see how it brakes down. looks like all stone in small peaces instead of all together. strange stone.