Thread: I Found It Over There

Halibut? Where did you get halibut?

Originally Posted by RezDog

Halibut? Where did you get halibut?

over by the henways of course.

Well I got a big enough smooth spot to slap steel to it, a sample from across the county about 10 miles.

The blade has a fresh bevel "in the making" (had failed shave test, but would shave) so what's to lose methinks. A few light circles on each side, quick strop, and wow--i didn't kill the edge! May have helped it just a little bit.

So I got cocky and tried the trans Arkie...

Yeah, that killed the edge. And as the label on the Arkie proclaims "the best in the world", and my rock beat it...I reckon my rock is pretty good.

(much more testing to come...after I knock another mm or two off the top of the shale.)

You're just getting to the fun part now. Remember that when it comes to the performance of a natural, lapping is everything. Even a good rock with a very coarse lap will cut more coarsely than it's potential

Originally Posted by WadePatton

And the funny thing is, I've been up here "on the ridge" for 12 years now and always wanted to get some more shale for stepping stones,



NOW I get to kill two birds,




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with one* stone!**






*one my arse! LNHAD strikes! (Local Natural Hone AD) (we all _know_ the AD part by now.)

**Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (carbonaceous) to be more specific.

I'm right on the western edge. (Finally found a map i could understand.)

Glad I live near that field here in KY...project for tonight...gonna put the tile saw to use

Woot. One more rockhounding nut in the mix. We could actually trade rocks as well. Calling all rock hoooouuuunnnddddds!

I can get ya some just let me know....friend is making Turkey calls from this slate I'm working on...lots of quarts sparkles in it it seems...we shall see how it works as a hone though fine and soft material...ice shows the sparkles a bit in this chip I knocked off

looks like a good start. Keep us posted!

If it turns out good ill send ya one rez

Ok. I have some at home i will be cutting in a couple of weeks when I get home from work. We can exchange addresses via PM

Works for me