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12-22-2015, 03:17 AM #1Senior Member
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I need help. I dont know what I bought.
So it was an Ebay special.
Showed up dirty brown like the pics show.
Harder that my Zulu to get a slurry. Took my DMT 1200 to it and it cleaned out the gunk on the card.
Had to go to a 400 lapping plate to raise any slurry.
Very hard and very smooth.
My guess is an Arkansas White,
I dont know since arent those for bevel setting?
This is more of a finisher.
Any input appreciated
Is it a natural?
Your only as good as your last hone job.
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12-22-2015, 03:19 AM #2Senior Member
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Thanked: 539 I need help. I dont know what I bought.
Can you try to hold a light torch behind it and check if it shows any translucency ? It also could be a type of soft arkansas...
If it would be a Trans Ark it should look like this:
Last edited by doorsch; 12-22-2015 at 03:25 AM.
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12-22-2015, 03:30 AM #3Senior Member
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Light torch, Halogen light and it DID shine through.
Not white, amber/dirty brown like the sides.
Very Similar to the dark spot on your image. homogeneous through entire length of stone.Your only as good as your last hone job.
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12-22-2015, 03:56 AM #4Senior Member
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It's a translucent PHIG ,,, very rare,, great grab,,,
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12-22-2015, 04:03 AM #5Senior Member
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John you know I believe you like gospel.
Off to the library and Internet to learn about this Unicorn.
Now I found your prior posts
"when I dont know what it is I make up another kind of PHIG"
Here snipe, snipe, snipe.Last edited by ultrasoundguy2003; 12-22-2015 at 04:10 AM.
Your only as good as your last hone job.
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12-22-2015, 04:19 AM #6Senior Member
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More pics, was listed a Vintage Hard Arkansas Translucent. More pics
And a man would could use a Wet Shave.Hirlau likes this.Your only as good as your last hone job.
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12-22-2015, 03:51 PM #7Senior Member
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Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003
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12-22-2015, 03:52 PM #8Senior Member
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I've seen PHIG and a hundred other descriptors used for hones. This is all mysterious and intriguing to a new shaver. Especially getting into straights. So I googled that acronym, PHIG. Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003
"CHUG (Chinese hone of unknown grit) or
PHIG (people's hone of indeterminate grit)"
It's only unknown or indeterminate until the user decides what it is!To deobfuscate is to convert something that is difficult to un͝d̡͝e҉͞r̴͝st̨̕a͘͢n̢̛d̕̕ ̧͝
into one that is simple, understandable and straightforward.
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