Thread: New find

Here are some welch slates.

Noo.. this is as good as a barber's delight compared to those...

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Noo.. this is as good as a barber's delight compared to those...

Lol. Sorry just throwing some things out there. Is it perhaps one of those magic stones for good razors only? Doorsch had posted some pic's on the thread "french hones".

That's a huge stone. Nice looking too.

No I have one of those. Those are one of the most distinctive stones you can encounter.

As mentioned per PM they are slates in my point of view, the ones i own working and looking comparable were from UK.

They work up to around 10k in my point of view and can give a shavable edge, not perfect in my personal standards but they work...

Typical is that banding which most of these stones show. They are not like the Silkstones and in my point of view not like Yellow Lake stones.

I was able to pick up some American slate that was used to trim windows in a old school near Champaign IL. Don't know where the slate was mined but the one small piece I flattened is a great finisher I need to get set up to cut the rest of this slate to usable sizes & get it flattened. I also have a piece of Indiana slate that got misplaced in a move that was a nice finisher. I also have some nice Indiana sandstone that is in the 2,000 grit range I think but with Smith's honing solution & a very light touch I have shaved off this stone after stropping. I also have a new to me Indiana sandstone I need to dress. Got this at a Antique shop in Danville IL.

Possibly a French "luna" stone.