Thread: Stone identification

I just receive some old hones from a friend...his grandpa and his neighbours used this ones long time ago...i have an ideea what this are, but i need your help gents to find out what kind of stones they really are.
This is the first one...i guess is a thuringian...
The second i guess is some kind of russian one.there are two...one smaller and one bigger...
And this one i guess is a belgian coticule...very small ...but really nice one
Anyone could give me some info about this hones? Thanks a lot gentlemen.

The first one looks like a natural one...looks like a type of slate....
the second one looks synthethic...
The third one could be a aluminumoxide synthethic...probably a arkansas....
its for sure not a coticule...

Ok...thanks ..the 1st one i want to use it for finnishing...is very smooth

Yea, probably. Clean them up, lap and chamfer the edges.

See if the first one will slurry easily.

What size are they?

Worst case the last 2 may be bevel setters or good knife stones, they do look like synthetics.

I made some slurry...and i finnished the 1 st razor now. It seems great. I'm going to try it now[emoji1] [emoji1]

Slurry really looks like it could be a Thuringian Stone...

I made some slurry with a Belgian Blue little slurry stone...it worked real good

That would be an interesting slurry, but the BBW may be too course of a grit and negate the Thüringen’s finishing capabilities.

I would use a 1k Diamond plate or a hard Ark. I have a small translucent slip that makes nice slurry, without imparting the Ark slurry.

A credit card diamond plate is not expensive, a 6in is easier to use.

The red slurry tint gave it away.

Next time i won't use slurry on this stone...i have a bbw wich i use it with slurry and then i'll pass it on this one as a final. Maybe i'll use some soap to make it smoother.