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01-23-2016, 10:11 PM #21
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01-23-2016, 10:20 PM #22
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Thanked: 433I would think that there are many sources of coarse to medium whetstone, it's the high quality finishing stone material that is really hard to find
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01-23-2016, 10:31 PM #23
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Thanked: 3795The only thing harder to find is the viable bevel setter.
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01-24-2016, 12:29 AM #24
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01-24-2016, 01:42 AM #25
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Thanked: 43Here in western Idaho/eastern Oregon we have lots of nice jasper in large enough pieces to cut medium sized hones from.
I also know of another local stone that is coal black and exterior fractures look almost glasslike. Its not obsidian and is much tougher. I think they would make nice finishers too but they are much harder to find.
One of these days I will have to test that theory.
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01-24-2016, 02:02 AM #26
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Thanked: 4826So around here and I expect other place, there are a lot of rocks that are fine but not that many that have any speed. Some impart a very smooth edge but do very little sharpening. There are so many differing qualities that a natural could have, the challenge is to find one that has them all. Cuts quickly at a fine finish and leaves a smooth shaving edge would be the best of the best in regards to finishers. Those qualities can change very quickly too. As for bevel setters there have been a few over time, I think the Magog is one and the Hindostan was another. I have tried a few different coarse stones and it is very hard to find one hard enough with consistent grit size, I'm still looking for one of those.
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01-24-2016, 02:33 AM #27
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01-24-2016, 04:41 AM #30
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Thanked: 246Hindostan stones are fair stones, but they are not going to do much if any better than a Washita. Those two are probably the best natural stones from the U.S. that could reasonably be used as bevel setters. Washita are novaculite and Hindostan are a fine grained sandstone. Hindostan abrasive particles BTW are on average about 20 microns.
I have found a very nice finishing stone locally also, a very nice slate that cuts very quickly and finishes quite nicely as well. I'm sure it was deposited here as glacial till as I found it near a kettle lake (formed under a melting glacier). With slurry it's considerably faster than pretty much anything but a JNat or very fast coticule. I call it Kuro slate, some of the guys here have used it.Last edited by eKretz; 01-24-2016 at 04:46 AM.