Thread: Ugly is only skin deep?!

Hi Folks,
I was able to take my grandson antiquing this last weekend. Well; he, as every passenger for the last year, kicked over a junker, partially boxed, hone lying on the passenger side floor. He said what is this?? Well...I did not know!

Home again, I took the Whatzit beastly thing down to the laundry room and used a cut apart 80 grit sanding belt on a granite slab and tried to find out. I lapped the slightyl dished bottom to save time.

Well, it looked interesting! First lapping passes said Y?G Thuringian. Then.. and then.............



#1. When I lapped it with a 180 grit it looked fairly smooth.

#2. I thought after I lapped it with a 325 diamond plate , it 'twas worth a try with a Hard junker razor and it said that it was a 800 grit bevel setter and it did a great fast job!!

#3. Then I lapped it with a 1K grit diamond plate and ...I had a nice ~6k pre-finisher...and quickly!

#4. Well, I lapped it with an HGH and ... A final polisher, again quickly! To a shaving edge!

#5..................I am confused!!!!

A heavy, fairly hard, mud hone; no smell, some 'almost cellophane' inclusions which break out as the little tan spots shown in the photo with no damage to an edge.

It was a carpenters hone as near as I can tell and it is now "George the Fourth!" Nameless!

Cheers
~Richard
Any ideas as to what it is???
And what should I finally lap it to?

Does it slurry, if so what color?

How bout a pic of the side?

Whats the bottom look like?

Nice find!
A British "Grecian" stone maybe? Some of them are quite soft, fast prefinishers, and their slurry could be described as muddy. I would say Llyn Idwal, but they are usually harder. For lapping, I guess it's fine as it is.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Does it slurry, if so what color?
White to light tan
How bout a pic of the side?
First photo shows it, there are no stria that I can see, other than some very fine tan lines at an angle.
Whats the bottom look like?

You are looking at it!! I honed the bottom from a slight dish.
Odd one and does not match any of my other UK type hones. Not Charnley for sure nor Schwedenstein.
The UK has a huge amount of stone beds and so a stone may be almost anything.
Thanks!
~Richard

Originally Posted by Vasilis

Nice find!
A British "Grecian" stone maybe? Some of them are quite soft, fast prefinishers, and their slurry could be described as muddy. I would say Llyn Idwal, but they are usually harder. For lapping, I guess it's fine as it is.

I looked up the post about the "Grecian"
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...-uk-stone.html
It definitely is not a marbleized stone like the one shown.
Another post #1 looks a bit like it.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ns-please.html
Charnly's that I have are bouts and thin slivers and not thick blocks.
Fun Geo quiz!
Hafta wait upon Niel or Hazicho.
~Richard

Great when you're able to renew an object from the past!

Am I the only person who doesn't see pictures here?

Originally Posted by eKretz

Am I the only person who doesn't see pictures here?

Yes!!!

I also thought on a LI but i have to admit the pictures are not the best...

@richard:
Can you put up some more detail and daylight shots ? That would help

Hmm. Weird. Maybe because I'm using a mobile phone? I'll try taking a look on the computer later.

Tapatalk ? If so always curious things happen ;-)