Thread: Unknown British Hone [Llyn Idwal?]

Hone that just arrived today. It's a UK hone. Not a Charnwood/Charnley Forest as far as I can tell. Perhaps a llyn idwal? Thoughts?



[more photos here]

(there's also an area which appears cracked or perhaps chipped and glued that the seller hadn't mentioned and appeared in his photos just like a discolouration, so I'll have to ask him about that. But it is near an end, so not as crucial perhaps.)

My guess is that it is a LI....

Typical is that swirling which looks like thinner clouds of small darker particles or dots....sometimes bigger dots appear. the coloration ranges from a dark green, to green, to light green.

Here an example in a lighter green with additional bigger dots:


Another one with a more homogenious look in a darker blueish green coloration:

Looks like it could be a dalmore blue to me. The Celebrated Scotch Dalmore Blue Hone | TomoNagura.Com

Can you add some daylight shots and describe the coloration ?

Originally Posted by doorsch

Can you add some daylight shots and describe the coloration ?

Yes, I'll try to get some additional shots today and put them up.

Originally Posted by doorsch

Can you add some daylight shots and describe the coloration ?

It's a medium green (forest green?) in colour, with sort of irregular waves of darker green, along with numerous tiny black/dark grey dots speckling the surface and a one larger (though still small) blob of black/dark grey (cluster of dots, I suppose).

To my fingers, it doesn't feel as smooth as my CFs.

More photos, in the sunlight:









[more sunlit photos]

Ok thanks its 100% a Llyn Idwall stone....the flaking on one of the sides is typical for those stones.

The Dalmore would appear either in a grayish bigger grained structure (Sandstone) or in a type of brownish coloration due its oiluse...

Originally Posted by doorsch

Ok thanks its 100% a Llyn Idwall stone....the flaking on one of the sides is typical for those stones.

The Dalmore would appear either in a grayish bigger grained structure (Sandstone) or in a type of brownish coloration due its oiluse...

Ok, that's what I thought.

I have actually been actively searching for a Dalmore blue hone. (I had thought from the start that this one was a Llyn Idwal).

Originally Posted by benhunt

Ok, that's what I thought.

I have actually been actively searching for a Dalmore blue hone. (I had thought from the start that this one was a Llyn Idwal).

Here are two types of Dalmore Stones with the typic banding in the surface and the sides.

I particularly like (and am trying to find) a swirly Dalmore blue like in rideon66's link