Thread: Stones I've cut but not yet finished¬

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.

Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop

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.

because limestone is so wide spread and has been worked for centuries by masons I would think it must not be of much honing value or the old ones would have had some left around. I have never heard of a limestone hone.

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:

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.