Thread: I Found It Over There

Originally Posted by doorsch

Would be interested ...but as its your first one you should pass to someone living near you...

Iam out of the race living in germany.... :-)

Wish you'd dig me up a nice thuri hone!

My first hone never leaves my possession. I do encourage everyone who is interested to go bash a few rocks. When they did they geological surveys here they only mapped out areas that were thought to have some economic value. Formations that would typically yield working metal or precious metal. There is great chunks of metamorphic rock here. It is almost everywhere, it is very common. Finding it that is good to hone with, that's a little more tricky. I've had some turn out good and other that were a waste of wear and tear on equipment. All in all I have had a lot of fun with it.

todays gross productivity. They still need to be checked for small inclusions and cracks and trimmed and lapped, but it's a start. I have two and a half more rocks to go.

Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop

Wish you'd dig me up a nice thuri hone!

Living in the Netherlands every time I revisit this thread I see myself picking up a hamer and chisel and start hiking either in the Thuringiun slate mountains or around Vielsalm looking for some chunks of coticule

Originally Posted by Bram

Living in the Netherlands every time I revisit this thread I see myself picking up a hamer and chisel and start hiking either in the Thuringiun slate mountains or around Vielsalm looking for some chunks of coticule

http://www.naturparkmagazin.de/thuer...e-Graumann.jpg

Its taken from the side about the Thuringian Geology Path (Thüringer Schiefer Pfad)...

If anybody want to do a trip....here are the Hiking trails and further information...
http://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets...hieferpfad.pdf


@Bram:
you can also do the Coticule Pilgrimage, i also thought about to take place...

http://www.coticule.be/heritage.html...Pilgrimage.pdf

Looks like some quality stones there, im jealous...I need to break down and get a good masonry saw

I need to upgrade what I am using. I need to go to a 10" wet saw. My poor little tile saw is getting kicked pretty hard. The Stihl works good for breaking it down. Sometimes I trim a little between the Stihl and the wet saw with a grinder. It's hard to get really nice even cuts with that 16" monster but it loves to eat rock. I'm out of gas and so is the saw. Good thing it is a long weekend.

Shaun are these the ones bering cut as a second Version?

I'm not sure what the question is. There are three different hones in that pile. Some are the same as ones you have seen before, one that might be very close to my original find and a new one. One of the rocks that I have to cut yet is also a new one. perhaps I will put some pictures up as I get them lapped.

Yeah Shaun that was the question, thanks....