Thread: English Hone ID

Here are some pics of Idwall Stones, the left one shows comparable properties but seems also to be more a slate type stone....

The Llyn Idwall (Novaculite of Kirwan) is as the name states a Novaculite Type Stone. The stone is quite brittle and has a flakey look a like on certain areas.



Here you can see the flaking:


Thats how the slurry looks, these stones do not autoslurry. The slurry was created with a DMT 1200 and took around 25 laps.



Wm Marples & Sons. Seems to be an old UK tool maker/trader...they had the Shamrock Brand Logo. Check, here are some comparable labels talking about color and writing like the one on your box
http://www.oldtools.co.uk/tools/Marples.html