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    If it came from an American seller, my guess is that it's a green piece of Vermont slate. Enjoy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tintin View Post
    Here's some pics with slurry while i was lapping and some after 1k wet dry. doesn't seem as polished as the unlapped side. Need i go finer?
    If it is flat after lapping, then you smoothed with a 1K, that may be as fine as the stone gets. You might have a mid-level grit performer to use on occasion. I have a nice piece of green slate that performs somewhere between a 4k & 8K.

    Either way, its a nice stone that can be used in the progression.

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    Mid range slate, could have came from Home Depot or such, I myself have been trying different slates from different sources, so far most are worthless and should go back to the garden to be used as a border.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceni View Post
    Looks like a Llyn Idwal hone.

    Sebastian has a nice example that looks similar on his flickr.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/razorlovestones/13786024045

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/razorl...n/photostream/
    my vote is on Llyn Idwal as well!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bram View Post
    my vote is on Llyn Idwal as well!
    that sounds a lot better than a piece of the neighbors patio! is a Llyn Idwal a mid range hone or a finisher?
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    Llyn idwal is not a type of slate. It's more like Novaculite. I can tell you that's not a llyn idwal based on the slurry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceni View Post
    Looks like a Llyn Idwal hone.

    Sebastian has a nice example that looks similar on his flickr.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/razorlovestones/13786024045

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/razorl...n/photostream/
    Actually yeah it really looks comparable to some of the Idwall Stones ive seen....on the other hand the slurry looks quite typical for a Slate type stone. Idwall is a type of flaked Novaculite, and in most cases ive seen they slurry more whittish....

    Working on an Idwall stone feels more grainy then when a slate is used. In most cases the honing feeling on a slate is very smooth...a Vermont Slate could also be a possibility....

    @Blake: Thanks for using the pics as a reference...

    here you can seee the typical flaking:



    some Slurry shots where you can see that on my three examples the slurry is white/grey:

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