Thread: Test Hone

Hello you know slate?
It is a Brazilian rock that looks a lot like the Chinese 12000.
I am wanting to buy a piece to test.
What do you think it is very thin.
I was looking up a friend or send to Lynn for review.
Lynn what you think? Want to test, I sent for you for free?
What do you think?
Thanks
Ale

http://www.slatewise.com/zoom/envelhecida_15x15x2d.jpg
http://img.alibaba.com/photo/2343970...slate_tile.jpg
http://eurasian.com/brazil/slate/images/verde_500.jpg

Not bad at all!
A lot of good hones are slate.
Most famous might be the Thuringian.

Slate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yes exactly.
Thuringian, Dragon's Tongue, Charnley Forest, Schist, they are all slates from different parts of the world. There are probably a lot more.
Its a mixture of different elements and very hard to determine which ones are actually in it, and how dense they are. Clay- and oil-type of slates are probably best for our purposes.
Yours looks really good.

testing stone isn't so hard. i think ship stone from Brazil will be pricey just tried yourself and see what happens . let us know result too please
use pakistany blade

Hello!

Here in Brazil we have more than 10 types of slate on Saturday I bought 2 different types and to my surprise both my Philharmony as my Dovo Bismark, which until then was very hard and let it grind to a smooth shave, the two are cut with a wire and beautiful and very soft, did my hair on Sunday to test and after 40 passes in the slate, 20 on Crox with canvas, 20 in leather had a wonderful shave and very soft, my face was more than a smooth ass the baby.
Thank you all for your help.
If you have someone who knows oilstone to work with this and I want to try sending no cost to test in a condition to send a commentary then ok and evaluation.
Here in Brazil I do not have much access to other types of Hone, everything that I buy off the parents come to me at least 70% of tax, everything is very expensive, so I buy has to be individual and that person has declare that cost around $ 30, no matter whatever.
It is so hard here that I'm even thinking of making knives.
Tomorrow 2 slate of pictures that I used and post here ok.
Thanks
Ale

The slate sounds very good!!!!

Too bad Brazil has such a strange market but there is certainly a way to get you what you need.

I would like to get this?

I have to disagree with Olivia about Cf being slate. First thing which i have learned about it was that CF is much harder then slate. You can not scratch it easily with a piece of copper. I compared them with DT, czech slate hone Suchacek, Thuringer Miller and old vintage one which are guaranteed and it is true. Even when I was flattening them CF were not that easy to flatten and lap than the others.

As I said earlier, in Brazil we have many kinds of slate, is quite different one of another, I am with 2 types in my house more smooth and more hard, to be honest got a better, after using the slate, the Dovo, Philharmonie are more sharp, one of the most soft slate has dark spots all over the stone and the edge of this razor was ,even better.
I spent only about 30 to 40 laps and after that I used my homemade Strop, Crox with canvas and leather.
For me it was a great discovery and improved 100% my shaving.
Thanks
Ale

As I said, if someone who knows several types of stone and I want to test free shipping, at no cost, with the promise of answering what I thought.