Thread: I Found It Over There

Hillbillypick came by my meeting and checked out the hone I made, it did not degrade a 12k edge....sooooo guess its a keeper

I think that random keepers is way easier to come by than a massive supply of keepers. I have many variations of keepers, that vary not just in color and tactile sensation but also how aggressively they cut, as with all of my keepers leave a great shaving edge. I am completely drawn in by the thrill of the hunt and continue to keep looking even though I have a good stack of beauties. If all I wanted was one great stone I could have given up a while ago, but I want to keep finding more. It's like a whole new version of HAD. I have many stacked and graded by color, some have been tested, some are presumed to be like others based on appearance. Oddly most are variations of green. It isn't even a common rock color here, I doubt is it is anywhere. I did read on a geology web site what makes the rock green but did not manage to retain that tidbit.

I think the problem lies within the way sediment works, like layers in a tree each year varies so a quarter inch deeper and you possibly change grits and inclusions id assume. So unless you have a quarry or a long stretch of highway cut into a mountain to where you can access a single layer, then its almost impossible to replicate. I think the consistent nature of some stone formations throughout layers is what makes certain stones work so well, even thuringian stones had variations in grits as we all know.

Just glad the earth is covered in stone, means we can keep trying to craft a full set of hones to keep ourselves entertained

Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop

I think the problem lies within the way sediment works, like layers in a tree each year varies so a quarter inch deeper and you possibly change grits and inclusions id assume. So unless you have a quarry or a long stretch of highway cut into a mountain to where you can access a single layer, then its almost impossible to replicate. I think the consistent nature of some stone formations throughout layers is what makes certain stones work so well, even thuringian stones had variations in grits as we all know.

Just glad the earth is covered in stone, means we can keep trying to craft a full set of hones to keep ourselves entertained

That is very true, add to that the complication the those once horizontal layers have been twisted and tilted. Sometimes being broken into shorter segments perhaps even folded over. Now that it is a little confused you can really mix things up with million of years of vegetation growth and ice and sea water. Add some deposit formations over all the fissures and cracks, shake it a few more time, strain and pour.
None of the faces I am currently working protrude very high from the ground and surrounding vegetation. It is so very hard for me to see what I have until I get home and start cutting. Even within a single rock there can be a lot of variation.

Taken from: http://geology.about.com/od/mineral_...n-Minerals.htm


Green and greenish rocks get their color from green minerals, but a lot depends on the type of rock: igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks each have their own set of green minerals. It will help if you know how to distinguish those major rock classes as well as "How to Look at a Rock." But first, be sure you're looking at a fresh surface! Don't let a coat of green algae fool you. Green minerals can be hard to identify until you've learned something about the most common ones. Here they are, along with their usual*luster*and*hardness. If your green or greenish mineral doesn't fit one of these, there are many more possibilities. Another tidbit: green colors usually arise from the presence of iron or chromium and sometimes manganese.

Good link Dennis. I've been doing a lot of reading geology sites lately too. Funny how much of learned about general geology since I started making hones. I've added a bookmark and will get back to that site later. Thanks

No biggie, interesting stuff for sure!

I'm joining in on the rock hound

and in answer to the statement in the title of this thread: I found it near Fontaine Bleau, which is a world famous bouldering area about 80 km south of Paris. the boulders around this place are made of sandstone, but a lot of them have a sort of shell partially around them made of metamorphised sandstone I guess, These boulders are way to big to take home (we go there to climb these boulders) and aren't very usefull as razor hones since they would be way to course.

this is me trying to climb one of them:


luckely a lot of the smaller rocks at the campsite are some type of metamorphised sandstone and could be quite usefull.

so I took this piece of rock home with me, it seems to be a flint stone to me which should have a nice cryotocristalline morphology which I hope will turn into something usefull

this is the piece I took home



now for me this will be the difficult part: turning this rock into a hone, at my disposal, a dremel with a small diamond blade...

I'm going to try and make a cut around the rock and then try to split it using a wig type of metal or maybe fryzing it while submurged in water, don't know yet

If you have one use an angle grinder, If you don't and want to keep things as cheap as possible get a tile blade for a 12" hacksaw.

Isnt anybody of our Rockhounds interested in researching The "Magog" Oilstone....there is quite enough information to possibly find the layer somewhere around Lake Memphremagog...for shure a little bit research must be done in the area...and also it was mentioned that the layer might only be accessible in certain period thru the year as the water is to high on the other time...

I would do....but living in germany is quite difficult :-) anybody living there near by ?

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...-oilstone.html

http://www.razorandstone.com/showthr...ighlight=magog