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07-22-2009, 07:03 PM #1Nemo Me Impune Lacesset
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X hones.... the saga continues. (or We have a WINNER!)
I was thinking Arkansas until I saw the cleavage
maybe a TOS?
sides have ripples
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07-22-2009, 07:38 PM #2Beard growth challenged
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Beautiful but X
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07-22-2009, 07:45 PM #3Senior Member
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No way is that a TOS.
The way it cleaves and the amalgamated/mixed rather than uniform surface look to it gives it a lot of similarities to one of my X's:
I was told by someone that mine is a slate stone of some form or another. I thought mine was a marble of some kind, but it's much harder than a marble floor tile.
Chris L"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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07-23-2009, 12:55 AM #4Woo hoo!
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Mmmm.....nothing like a stone with nice cleavage.
Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr
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07-23-2009, 01:59 AM #5Senior Member
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...what does TOS mean?
Second, it kindof has the coloring of a Charnley Forest stone...frankly.
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07-23-2009, 02:28 AM #6Senior Member
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Tam 'O Shanter. A hone quarried in Scotland. Originally Posted by McWolf1969
GWH, I don't know what your hone might be either. Hope it works well for you.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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07-23-2009, 02:53 AM #7Senior Member
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LOL...i should know that, since i have a TOS. Those b*st*rds are really hard to get ahold of too! :-( Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
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07-23-2009, 02:54 AM #8Senior Member
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Oh, another option is a Welsh stone...i saw one similar, posted by Jason01, here...
http://straightrazorpalace.com/basic...ne-stones.html
Wish Sham would poke his nose in here.
Mac
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07-29-2009, 07:19 PM #9Senior Member
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The guy who owns the quarry/mine is still alive ... Makar a while back visited him and was going to try and arrange another visit , I was gonna go with him and try n pick up a Balmore blue and the other stone made there , seems only fitting an ayrshire boy like me with ayrshire stones ( i have a TOS ) .. the guys not that far from me I don't think ... I still wanna visit :-) . Originally Posted by McWolf1969
I live in Largs , Ayrshire - 20-28 miles from Ayr :-)
cheers Garry
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