Thread: unknown purple/grey hone

it's been under our sink since before I was born, belongs to grandma who says was given to her by her father. it's hard to tell from the picture but it's got a really purple look to it, it's got a really smooth powdery feel to it with no discernible grit and slurrys really quickly when used, I'm told its Japanese but other than that I know nothing about it. aside from a few test uses on a kitchen knife its pretty much unused.

lap it.......

Originally Posted by eleblu05

lap it.......

why? like i said it hasn't been used and i really don't plan on useing it. mybe if i knew what it was but i already have a 12k stone that works fine. i was just wondering if anyone knew what it might be because its old as hell.

I agree...lap it. Then use it. Part of the fun of the SR game (to me anyway) is experimenting. Lap it and give it a shot you may end up with the best edge you've ever had. If not, like you said, you have a Naniwa 12k to return it to the state you're used to. just my opinion

Chris

Lapping it will just give us a better look at the stone, maybe then someone might have an opinion on what kind of stone it is. Also it would help if you could use it to give us some feed back if it is a finishing awasedo, or medium grit nakado type stone. Also a picture of the bottom could help.

Alex

I don't think you'll ever figure out what it is without lapping it - but keeping it as is may be more important to you (nothing wrong with that). If it's purplish or bluish, it might be a tanba aoto type stone (Which after googling to see what alex's words mean, tanba aotos fit in the nakado category).

What is the scale, what are the dimensions? Hard to tell from the photos.

Was it used for honing? For all we know it was a brick used to press bacon.

You say it slurries easily, what color is the slurry?

Don't lap it.

Send it to me.

I won't lap it either, as far as you know.

こんばんは!

The photos above give a little clue to identify the stone.

Try to lap the surface, put some water and make the photos with water to make the colors and structure of the stone more visible.

Upload the photos to a photohosting allowing high resolution.
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