Thread: Natural Stones

Whereabouts are you?

Richmond ky is where the last meeting was held, at my barber shop

Is that anywhere near Lexington?

Very close! Formed in the same way - ie altered by lying in close proximity with an igneous layer (the hills above the quarry are igneous in nature, being formed largely of quartz and dolerite).

Not the one I was thinking of though, although it does have a spotted appearance it is not the same dark grey colour as the ratho hone.

Like one of the varieties of the hone I have in mind, no known examples of the Ratho hone exist (I think that is true, I may be wrong).

Regards,
Neil

I had one but traded it for a skin mag when I was 13......
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...-scotland.html

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Very close! Formed in the same way - ie altered by lying in close proximity with an igneous layer (the hills above the quarry are igneous in nature, being formed largely of quartz and dolerite).

Not the one I was thinking of though, although it does have a spotted appearance it is not the same dark grey colour as the ratho hone.

Like one of the varieties of the hone I have in mind, no known examples of the Ratho hone exist (I think that is true, I may be wrong).

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by WW243

I had one but traded it for a skin mag when I was 13......
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...-scotland.html

...guess you were more interested in honies than hones, huh?!

Greenstone from Ogwen!
http://books.google.com/books?id=RN0...0hones&f=false

All this banter, back and forth and yet all the OP got was a snarky response and a dismissive environment here and that's a shame. Those who originally claimed that providing a solid response and direction would take too much time have expended just that much energy if not more making fun of the fact that a new person had the gall to ask a question here.

To the OP: There are places to look and ask for help. And I do agree with those that suggested that the OP's question was too general and that you should have done more research on your own but all the snarky responses was quite ungentlemanly IMO.

Frank

Originally Posted by jte87

Is that anywhere near Lexington?

Yeah, 30 minutes south of Lexington off I-75

Id just recommend a good set of synthetics for beginners and a good thuringian finisher. Good 1k bevel setter, a 4k/8k norton combo, and a good finisher goes a long ways and isnt too costly. Just find an okay razor you wouldnt worry about destroying because the learning curve is tough....

Like I said though, you can come up and hang out and learn a lot. Naturals are harder to learn on, as the consistency isn't there like it is in synthetics.