Thread: Tam O Shanter hones

Has any one have one of these stones, and would it be a good finish hone?

I have only one and it is not quite a finish hone. ~6k±
Have another...I think. The spots are similar in a old folding wooden holder that may be almost fine enough.
They are usually used as a evening stone for silver, gold and copper smiths to remove some high spots before going to a fine pumice buffing before polishing.
~Richard

These are very nice finishing hones in my thinking..often these were refered by Tam o Shanter Honeworks also to be used with a Thin oil, which i did not up to date but iam interested in to do so....anybody tried it ?

Also there was a white variant with estimated grit around 12k....

Only the left is a Dalmore Blue the rest are TOS Stones...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7177/...02a400_c_d.jpg

Hi Walterbowens

See for more informations: Index website Henk en Ge Bos and

http://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%2020...ing_part_3.pdf page 30-50



With Regards
Henk

As posted here on this site, long, long ago, the white variant of the TOS is a fine finishing hone, often sold as a thin sliver on a small wooden paddle although larger, regular-sized ones exist.

Some of the others aren't too bad either - you have to test each one to be sure. some come up to the 8k or 9k mark, which is fine for shaving off, especially if you strop with chrome oxide after honing.

Regards,
Neil

This is the stone I was speaking of, It does an ok job but nothing spectacular:

~Richard

Richard - the one on the paddle below was once mine and did a great job:



And below is an image from the web showing the label of a white tam:



You can see it says 'for very fine polishing' whereas the more usual label for the less fine tams usually says that they are for hedge-knives, sheep-shears and axes.

Regards,
Neil