Thread: I Found It Over There

Well, initial test, test razor needing touch up had the tug going on and did not pass hht or tree top arm hairs prior to test honing on the new slate I lapped out today. Afterwards, passed hht, no tug arm hair tree topper, and gave me possibly the closest shave I have had in a while. I only shave wtg on my face and it gave me a nearly bbs shave wtg.

This snow white slurrying hone is definitely some good stuff....

It's good to get on a roll.

Originally Posted by RezDog

It's good to get on a roll.

The black slate I've previously used is quite a bit softer, but also slower than this stone. Reminds me a lot of the dark slate honestly as far as the edge goes though. This stone has far more very tiny sparkles in it, which show up a bit in the picture...the razor I used it on has a highly mirrored bevel off of it with no scratch pattern at all, I have no problem rating it at a 12-15k range based on the shave off this stone today and the fact it removed any sign of a scratch pattern.

Gotta do more testing when I get a chance obviously as 1 honing doesnt show its potential, only used water without slurry as well, going to prep a matching slurry stone tonight as well.



Modine...if you read this, ill probably send this stone out to you with the other one for testing and feedback as well, your reviews are always so good and I'd love your input.

It looks fantastic Dennis.

How thick did you make the stone. And what sort of density/weight is it?

I'm heading out to York today, for our summer Christmas dinner. We do it every year since our family is spread all over now and meeting in December means we never all get to the same spot at the same time.

The location we will meet will be Malton. There is some interesting Geology in the area, And some Ancient British history. Namely there are some chariot burials in Wetwang from the pre-roman celts.

I'm going to have a wander down the river Derwent if I get chance. And see if I can spot anything of interest. I thick my target should be the Scalby formation.

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=SCY

5 15/16"x 1 5/8" x 9/16"

Density might be hard to guage unless I lap both sides....may do it nearly flat though or do water displacement if u want more info.

Based on the color differences on the backside...I may lap it anyways....its frigging beautiful stuff. Only issue is it is a thin layer and softer than the other side.

I think it is amazing how fast rock can change, in density, color and hardness.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I think it is amazing how fast rock can change, in density, color and hardness.

The blue side is soft but far harder than a king 6k, but far softer than the other side of the stone which took me a couple hours to lap flat.

I agree, especially noticable in some coticules, I may stop back at my spot tonight on the way home for some of this rock and see what is lying around and get a closer look at the cutout in the rock face, id love to find a thick layer of that light turquoise colored slate in that last pic, the more blue layers are in that area though the more fractured it is so it makes it difficult. Too bad I couldnt have been a fly on the wall when they cut the road out there, I woulda had enough stone to have a commercial setup selling hones from it lol...sadly its probably fill dirt now.

Hahaha. I know that story. The first usable hone I found really rocks and I found it in an old quarry that was used for building forestry service roads. I looked high and low and chipped a lot of rock in that quarry but everything else is loaded with inclusions. All the rest of the hones are under a road somewhere. I still look around in that area when I'm hunting but haven't found anything really good there since. The mountains are quite a ways from me so I only go out when I have a multiple purpose trip. Hunting, firewood, river fishing, berry picking and rockhounding call all get mixed up in a single trip. Typically hunting and getting firewood are the two things I do when I'm out rockhounding. Nice you have a spot on the way home from work. Iceni is combining his trip with a family gathering. Waste not want not.

Ive got 10 spots I can stop on the way home, just methodically picking up some when I feel my HCD (hone crafting disorder) firing up. Luckily I havent had issues with inclusions yet (knock on wood) and all of them have been suitable for finishing razors. Id love to find some great functional bevel setter and mid level grits though lol.