The X-Hones

[0livia]

Unresolved square mysteries gathering!
If you're a proud proprietor of a natural hone you can't find a name for.
Come and shovel them in!
Anything non carborundum you can show us,
will make you a member of "The X-Hones" and eligible to wear this badge:



Help resolving those mysteries is highly appreciated,
even if it leads to the sad fact that these stones are not natural.

I'll start with three of them.
They all came in wooden cases and have been abused as oil stones previously.



A Detail about 5 x





This last hone is of a higher grit, pretty thirsty for a natural and it glazes fast. Slurry is white.

[DwarvenChef]

I only have one stone I don't know about, but I know about what it is.

Thanks for taking this step and starting this ball rolling. I'm hitting old out of the way places to look for goodies and will soon end up with things I'm sure I will not have a clue as to what they are. Fun to have a thread of others in the same spot

[ndw76]

I bought this at a road side stall in the middle of nowhere in Thailand on my way back to Bangkok. I think it is granite. I have since had a go at flattening it, but its bloody hard stuff. I think it might be some sort of granite.

[0livia]

YAY!
Thank you! (Yesterday I wasn't sure whether anybody would ever post any thing to this thread)

Keep them coming!

ndw76, it looks volcanic to me. Basalt maybe?

[DwarvenChef]

I was thinking as an add on, when posting pics also show if the stone came in any packaging, wood box, or the like. I'm taking pics of my stone along with it's box, as it seems to have been made to fit the stone.

[ndw76]

Mine was wrapped in the Bangkok Post.

[PonderingTurtle]

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This looks a lot like a dirty Norton India stone.

[crichton]

I'll have to find mine as they are all currently packed away in anticipation of moving. Great new thread!!