I am totally in this for the hunt, the find and the finish. If I were more serious I would have a way of tagging rock so it had a location code on it. I have a couple of pretty nice hones that I have no idea where I found that rock.
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I am totally in this for the hunt, the find and the finish. If I were more serious I would have a way of tagging rock so it had a location code on it. I have a couple of pretty nice hones that I have no idea where I found that rock.
Shaun when I get round to cutting the bigger lump I'll see what it's like inside, then you and 10pups might be getting care packages sent out. No promises of a time frame, Or the quality of that second lump. If a nice short shard appears 4-5" x 1.5" x 0.5-0.25" I'll get that out to you as well as a travel barbers hone. This rock is nice and solid and should travel well in the side pocket of a backpack without any real protection.
I totally agree with what you two said, and I must say I have gotten dang goood at picking finishers just by looking at them unfinished just from experience. There is a lot of limestone in kentucky, any idea of how it works at honing? It is one stone I havent looked at for possible mid low grit possibilities and have no idea how it would work.
P.S. this thread needs merged into the I found it over there thread lol.
I have never heard of any either, always been curious though.
the limestone I have seen has been quite coarse. Perhaps if it wasn't very pure. Maybe from a vein near the edge of a deposit. I have not heard of any from around here so other than swimming in limestone caves on holidays I haven't seen much.
Yeah, I'm unsure of the abrasive quality of lime anyways, and I assume its mainly purely lime.
Just added the Videos of these nice stones....HARD CF Stone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTiriRVWGzs
They look good in the videos, I actually regret sending you that HCF now, I should have sent the thicker one that has a good face.