Thread: Hone ID/ Mystery Hone?

Hard to explain, a sensation of very slight texture on the surface and a sort of a soft feel, it's been compared to a velvety feel, a bit like a Coticule if you know what that is like.

Originally Posted by aa1192

When you say tactile feel what do you mean exactly? I know its probably a difficult sensation to put into words, so sorry for a hard question. I know what you mean with the Phig though thankfully!

A very soft feeling describes it very good...also touching a thuringian is like touching silk you could not feel any grain size its quite comparable to move your finger over glas when water is on the surface...

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Easy one,,,,,,,
what you have is a Gecko C12K, more commonly known as a Gecko PHIG. The stone gets it's name for the ability to change the color of it's slurry. It's mined high up in the K2 Mountains, also called the Savage Mountain, on the border of Pakistan & China. A very slow cutter, but with practice, will produce a wonderful edge.

Once again I'm really impressed with your knowledge and the extra information. Whenever someone asks the same question they all look the same to me!

That's because the PHIG Family is a large one, China is a big place & lots of exotic PHIG'S to be had.

Hirlau is the King of PHIG...he knows all of them, there is no other around with this huge knowledge on PHIG 👍👍

Why thank you doorsch,,,next week or two, I might discover another type from some remote place in China.