Green Hone ID - meta question
Hello to the group; I've registered here because there seems to be more natural hone ID'ing expertise here than on the woodwork forums I normally frequent.
I've just bought a stone I don't recognise, and I'd like the forums help in ID'ing it.
Question; what information will help you to help me?
Photographs seem an obvious start - any requirments on colour correction/what light to use/white balance?
I can describe how the stone feels when sharpening woodworking tools, but I've never honed a straight razor.
I have lapped the stone flat (on the flattest of it's two sides) - I have NOT used oil on this fresh face yet, since I understand that in razor circles, water is commonly used, and oil considered to preclude subsequent water use (or at least make it tricky).
Here's a thread (on a woodwork forum) where I attempted to ID another stone, including photographs, to give you some idea of how competent/knowledgeable/ignorant I am:
OldTools Archive -- thread with message 239013
(I also own a copy of "Natural 19th and Early 20th Century Sharpening Stones and Hones" by Brian Read and Doug Morgan from TATHS)
But I'm willing to learn...
BugBear