Thread: I seem to have acquired one of those mysterious yellow french hones

I got this today. I can't for the life of me remember who has the collection of these sorts of hones but this one is 6.5"x2 1/4" x a hair over 3/4" and it still retains its original slurry stone.This one is interesting in the sense that it is not in a paddle and it has the defined form factor/slurry stone. Haven't had a chance to give it a shakedown yet. Harder than a thuringian to lap. Slurry looks like if you mixed chinese mustard with water.

Yes i have the same stone , smaler and have some darker swirls in it and dark greenish patern . Soft , thury like stone but faster and coarser - 8 - 9 k level . Agresive on slurry and give good sharpnes and smoothnes for this grit size stone .
It came in an old padle board with handle , that i remouuved . It was used with oil that gives a straingt to this soft hone , non porous .
Feedback is between coticule and motled franconian q i think is a hone mined in Europe - France or Germany - reminiscent or other shistes from Germany . It could be some kind of radiolarite shist also .

Interesting. You mean they fortified the stone like how turkish oilstones are sometimes boiled in milk? This doesn't have any scent of oil at all and water does not get rejected by the surface. I know absolutely nothing about these.

No i did not say that i said that mine was in a padle board and it was covered with oily shit . I think that is a coticule covered with oil , but thats what came out of the oil . Could theese stones be some kind of a coticule .

It doesn't seem like a coticule to me. More than slurry or appearance, coticules smell really unmistakeable when you slurry them and this doesn't smell like that. It feels like it will be very fine. I don't think it will be in the super league of fine, but it does feel fine in a similar way to how a lot of cotis do on the surface. It's strange material. I never saw a piece that wasn't cut and shaped for a paddle so it is interesting that I got this big rectangle of it.

Originally Posted by RusenBG

No i did not say that i said that mine was in a padle board and it was covered with oily shit . I think that is a coticule covered with oil , but thats what came out of the oil . Could theese stones be some kind of a coticule .

Rusen my friend - a shist covered with oily shit - is that a recommendation or an observation?!

Just kidding - I know what you mean, couldn't resist though....

Regards,
Neil

It looks like a coticule. I don't know what else it might be. There are dark coticules that are all coticule that were intended for tools.

Originally Posted by DaveW

It looks like a coticule. I don't know what else it might be. There are dark coticules that are all coticule that were intended for tools.

No dont think its a Coti, KCB has several Coticules iam shure he knows the difference....especially as he has both (Coticules) and the Mystery Stone beside each other.....