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?