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Found this at the local thrift store the other day and the price was right. But what is it? Pretty sure we're in the slate category...
Pretty neglected..
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Bottom to top (wet) dark blue thuri, ?, 'Black' mottled thuri
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? and mottled turi
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? and dark blue thuri
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all three (dry)
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Help's greatly appreciated (as always)
Kind regards
You done good!!
With reddish swirls, could be a Swedenstone. Or a British hone..
Hopefully you get a better opinion.
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Thanks! There are no reddish swirls. British hone is a good guess (I think).Quote:
Originally Posted by Geezer
Touched up a razor with it today and it seems to be one the finer end.
Maybe this picture could give a clue about what it might, and might not be. The stone seems to have taken a fall at some point or maybe it is a tailpiece. Does the fracture tell anything about which type of stone it is?
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Looks to be a slate of some type.
Slawman
After plowing through A LOT of posts here the pics in this thread seem to be a pretty close match. So maybe a YL of some kind...
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ake-brand.html
Does anybody here have a YL as well as a Water of Ayr, would be interested in seeing comparison pictures.
Regards
I don't think it is Water of Ary, I have had a labeled one in the past but screwed up and sold it, and been looking for another one at the right price very since.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnsichtskarteausSolingen
The point is all the ones I have ever seen are pretty small, around 1.5x6 or 2x7.
As far as the broken section, that only shows its slate not what type.
Did you know that you can take that stone you have and make 4 more thin stones from it? if you ever get a chance to buy a slate tile from home depot, take a chisel to it and tap it with a hammer in the middle, it will make a perfectly flat slice cut, I went as small as 6 thin slices from a single 5/8 piece of slate, now I have 6 razor hones. :)
As far as type, its hard to tell on slate, it could literally be a roof tile or could be an Esher, could be from any state in the US or any country, once the label is missing there is basically no way to ever know, hence the reason label esher go for so much (if the label is real) in all honesty a roof file might work as well as an Esher, might not.
The only question is how did the shave test go? that is the only way to know what kind it is, = roof tile or razor hone.
my .02
I don't think I'll make smaller hones from this one. I'm considering to cut a slurry stone from it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by sidmind
As for the shave, I've touched up two razors on it now and could shave with both quite well. The edges didn't excel in smoothness though.
