Thread: Is that a Norway stone ?

I'm not familiar with any "Norway" stone.
The most prominent stone to come out of Norway is from the Eidsborg mine.
It was mined for centuries, and is a decent hone for shears and knives.
Here's a link to an article about that stone/quarry. In Norwgian..
The mine is no longer in use, but the area outside of it is still littered with rough cut stones.

I have one other whetstone from Norway that is usable for honing, but that is very dark.
Almost completely black.

Judging from the pictures it looks like Blue Belgian Whetstone(BBW) to me.

Maciek.

No, the BBW's slurry would be violet / red, and this one's pure grey.

I just used the diamond stone on a BBW before lapping this one, so there is maybe a little touch of red on the picture's slurry, but it's definitely not a BBW.

I don't think of it as a french slate (the color would be more like a Dragon Tongue's). Maybe a thin Thuringe ?

The thin stones I was thinking about were Sweden's by the way, but I can't find back the picture I saw that reminded me this one.

Hi Thaeris,

I am not really sure if this is a Norway ragstone. The ragstones do have very small black dots, normally only visible when wet (Last picture). Maybe a view of the hone sides could help to identify.
Here are some pictures of my ragstones:

There is indeed black spots, and when the hone is dry they're not easily visible.

Only got this picture of the side (encountering issues with my camera right now) :



This is the finest stone I've ever met. It's only 0,12 inches thick

A french member of our forum said it could be a "La Lune".

I'd say the grit is around 6000 for this one.

Originally Posted by Birnando

I'm not familiar with any "Norway" stone.
The most prominent stone to come out of Norway is from the Eidsborg mine.
It was mined for centuries, and is a decent hone for shears and knives.
Here's a link to an article about that stone/quarry. In Norwgian..
The mine is no longer in use, but the area outside of it is still littered with rough cut stones.

I have one other whetstone from Norway that is usable for honing, but that is very dark.
Almost completely black.

Wow that's a lot of rocks. If I was there I would be picking up rocks trying to get one that seems very heavy for it's weight.
Or one that shines more then the other in the sunlight. The shine of the stone in my picture made it catch my eye.

Originally Posted by Suile

Wow that's a lot of rocks. If I was there I would be picking up rocks trying to get one that seems very heavy for it's weight.

Lol that typo gave me a smile this morning

It has just reminded me of a time when I worked in a caravan factory for a summer. There was a (not so bright) lad who was always bragging about how strong he was. No one really paid him much attention because he wasn't really known for his brain cell count.

One day though someone asked him to prove it by standing in a bin and lifting himself up.......he was at it an hour and a half before giving up !!!!

Originally Posted by mike1011

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Lol that typo gave me a smile this morning

It has just reminded me of a time when I worked in a caravan factory for a summer. There was a (not so bright) lad who was always bragging about how strong he was. No one really paid him much attention because he wasn't really known for his brain cell count.

One day though someone asked him to prove it by standing in a bin and lifting himself up.......he was at it an hour and a half before giving up !!!!

Yea that was a big typo clearly I ment heavy for it's size.