Thread: Natural Stones

With all due respect, I don't see even one snarky response to the OP. As with many posts, posts develop and evolve within a post and I don't find any of those directed to the OP or snarky. A bit of silliness here and there (guilty as charged). Frankly, I believe some posters really went the distance to help the OP. A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one cry for help. We heard it. We have all asked questions, the OP has nothing to be ashamed of.

Originally Posted by Lakebound

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 WW243

With all due respect, I don't see even one snarky response to the OP. As with many posts, posts develop and evolve within a post and I don't find any of those directed to the OP or snarky. A bit of silliness here and there (guilty as charged). Frankly, I believe some posters really went the distance to help the OP. A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one cry for help. We heard it. We have all asked questions, the OP has nothing to be ashamed of.

With all due respect ....... the forerunner of yet more snark. I mentioned nothing about him being ashamed. Capisce?

Frank

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Frank

Originally Posted by Lakebound

With all due respect ....... the forerunner of yet more snark. I mentioned nothing about him being ashamed. Capisce?

Frank

Any useful you can add here is welcome if you would do !!!

Originally Posted by doorsch

Any useful you can add here is welcome if you would do !!!

Actually, I've sent a PM to the OP to give him some direction.

Frank

I thought the person who created this thread was given far more advice than I would have expected, considering the vague question that they initially asked, which could have been left only partially answered by a twenty thousand word treatise.

Other posters in this thread have gone into a fair amount of detail, well beyond the scope of the original question that was posed.

Researching coticule stones is probably a good port of call - although arguably, one could never delve into natural stones and be none-the-worse for it in terms of getting a good shaving edge.

There is a search box on top right of forum page. OP could hit the thing with natural stones, write down names of them as he reads, and search each. It would seem asking "about natural hones' is a profound subject. One must be diligent to learn. If some knowledge is gleaned in this manner, intelligent and to the point questions could be asked instead of 'Can anyone tell me anything about natural stones?'.
Nothing snarky about it. JMHO

Originally Posted by sharptonn

There is a search box on top right of forum page. OP could hit the thing with natural stones, write down names of them as he reads, and search each. It would seem asking "about natural hones' is a profound subject. One must be diligent to learn. If some knowledge is gleaned in this manner, intelligent and to the point questions could be asked instead of 'Can anyone tell me anything about natural stones?'.
Nothing snarky about it. JMHO

Study to show thyself approved!

@jte,
I do apologize if you were offended with my having a little fun on your thread. Sometimes, I forget that not everybody knows eachother or others senses of humor. We're generally a fun loving bunch.

Now, can somebody tell me about straight razors?

I forsee a thread lock at this pace, get back on topic please... noone was downgrading the man, we are all funhearted people and poke fun at times but but I dont see where this is accomplishing much, if im ever out of line please keep it in pms rather than derailing the entire train.

Anyways...natural stones are great but as ive said, youll get less aggrevated if you start with synthetics and ease into the world of naturals. For a beginner arkansas stones are cheap, do some research on the aproxamate grits and find one to set bevels, not the fastest stones in the world and do better using oil but they are good learning stones. I have worked out small chipping in a bevel with them before

Originally Posted by WW243

Greenstone from Ogwen!
THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. VOL. LXXXIV. NO. CCCCXCIX. JULY TO DECEMBER ... - Google Books

That is so close that I am going to have to give it to you!

The greenstone itself is really an igneous form of hornblende and feldspar, not suitable for honing, but it forms a very long vein running through Moel Siabod, Llyn Ogwen, Snowdon and so on, and along the route it buts-up to a slate layer that has been metamorphosed by the intense heat of the igneous layer. The metamorphosed slates common in this area are LIs, Grecians and some others (one was a very hard yellow stone, but no specimen exists - I think). According to how close they got to the intense heat, the more or less metamorphosis has occurred. The most famous stone from here - only reported in an old geological paper and in the collection of a single rockhound, is the more or less legendary cutlers greenstone. The first two I have, the latter I don't, nor have I ever seen it, nor has anybody ever displayed an example with credentials good enough to establish it as the legendary hone.

Apart from that, in antiquity other types of igneous stone were used for sharpening/honing purposes, amongst which is the black volcanic glass obsidian. Quartzite, a much rougher material, was also used.

Regards,
Neil