Thread: I Found It Over There

Looks good, keep me in mind when u get some spares! Still working on some kentucky stones for you guys! Got one good one right now but it is kinda small

I have to say that is looking pretty good. Part of the learning process here is to figure out which rock in a giant pile of rocks is going to produce the greatest result. We all have some workable hones and as time passes we will likely get better at seeing the end results while looking at all those rocks. Many of them look the same, but as soon as you start to work them they change.

Just found out today we have what's called Peach Bottom slate around here. I have my brother helping me locate it, he works GIS. Now to find pictures of what it looks like.....probably slate ha ha

Slate is a very broad spectrum and can look like almost anything. Most however is a generic dark grey, happy hounding!

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have to say that is looking pretty good. Part of the learning process here is to figure out which rock in a giant pile of rocks is going to produce the greatest result. We all have some workable hones and as time passes we will likely get better at seeing the end results while looking at all those rocks. Many of them look the same, but as soon as you start to work them they change.

Always amazes me when they produce slurry of a totally different color than the stone

We managed to get onto whittle hill today.

Initially the owner was out, so we left a note and went to look in a local woods. About 45mins later we had a call. The owner is a nice gentleman, who was more than willing to let us poke about and take some samples. IIn return he would like a small hone for his kitchen. That is an easy trade to do!

The haul.



This is one of several faces of this rock. In total there are at least 5 pits. The stone just pulls out.



The Matterhorn! This block is huge, At least 24" long, and it has a lot of thickness to it!



The first test grind on a small lump




Definitely a better source, and this is the correct material for hones. I estimate I have enough material for 10-15 hones of various sizes.

I call dibs lol, hows the grit compare or have you done any comparisons yet?

I don't have a CF to compare it to. That small block was done on a dtm150, then we went in the house. Then we were playing and ran it on the other bout I made yesterday.... The result is both bouts began to polish.

I can't do a grit comparison til I get this small bout fully flat and polished but it looks very promising... The slurry was also white with initially a green hue, that turned a little pink as the rock got flat.

I'm out of the house now till sunday, but I should be able to get the stone onto some 1200 grit wet and dry then have another polishing sesh on the other bout to see where it goes.

Originally Posted by Iceni

We managed to get onto whittle hill today.

Initially the owner was out, so we left a note and went to look in a local woods. About 45mins later we had a call. The owner is a nice gentleman, who was more than willing to let us poke about and take some samples. IIn return he would like a small hone for his kitchen. That is an easy trade to do!

The haul.



This is one of several faces of this rock. In total there are at least 5 pits. The stone just pulls out.



The Matterhorn! This block is huge, At least 24" long, and it has a lot of thickness to it!



The first test grind on a small lump




Definitely a better source, and this is the correct material for hones. I estimate I have enough material for 10-15 hones of various sizes.

There is Novaculite around there from what I saw, don't spend your time on stones that are able to scratch a spoon, search for actual Charnley stones. And, you don't have to have one, look at some pictures, it's pretty much what it looks like.

Originally Posted by Vasilis

There is Novaculite around there from what I saw, don't spend your time on stones that are able to scratch a spoon, search for actual Charnley stones. And, you don't have to have one, look at some pictures, it's pretty much what it looks like.

That whole seam is novaculite. The coating on the stones it just weathering. When we did a walk through the woods further up there was a lot of previous quarrying evidence. Lots of hills with the sides taken out ect. It seems that the whole top layer is this material and the stone I got the other day is the underlying layer from the larger quarry. As we walked through the woods there were tonnes and tonnes of the same material brought to the surface by tree roots. We had to hold back on the gathering as there was just so much of it. The larger blocks I have all exhibit the classic red spots and lines.

The surface polish on the small bout is also very similar to the surface of my trans black arkie. The material is softer, and the glassing is more spaced but it has the very same polished grit rather than loosing grit effect.

I'm a very happy camper atm