Thread: A Scotch Hone Quiz!

just for fun, a little quiz. on the picture below you can see 13 scotch hones: dalmore blue, tam o'shanter and water of ayr. there are:

1 labelled dalmore blue DB
1 unlabelled dalmore blue DB
3 labelled tam o'shanter TOS
2 labelled fine tam o'shanter FTOS
1 labelled white tam o'shanter WTOS
3 unlabelled tam o'shanter TOS
1 labelled water of ayr WOA
1 unlabelled water of ayr WOA

so, which numbers are DB, TOS, FTOS, WTOS, WOA?

SOLUTION AND MORE PICTURES ON NEXT PAGE!

regards,
hans

Are you ablr to put them here saparately to have better pictures?

maybe tomorrow, it's already dark here. from which one(s)?

Especially those TOS an d WOA as they can be difficult even when you have them in hand. However I would post pictures of all of them in order not to make it any easier.

No 1 is the unlabeled Dalmore blue,
No 2 I'm not sure if it's a WOA unless it says so as a labeled one,
No 3 the size is not the usual so I'd say an unlabeled TOS,
No 4 an unlabeled TOS, and along with the 5 they are very fine, really sharp shaves, not smooth but not harsh either,
No 5 a white labeled TOS, possibly the finest of the lot,
No 6 a labeled TOS,
No 7 is the labeled Dalmore blue (if it's not, we would doubt it is one)
No 8 is a labeled TOS, this kind of box has a history by itself, a classic one,
No 9 a labeled TOS,
No 10 an unlabeled TOS,
No 11 a "fine" one,
No 12 an unlabeled? I can't see a lot from the size,
No 13 a WOA, if the No 2 is labeled, then this one isn't. WOA used to be a common name for TOS stones as well, but I doubt we have to guess that too.

I'd guess, I've made less than three mistakes.

Holly Tam-o-Shanter , father of all scotch hones Thats a beautyfull view I like them both .
Ive never seen such hone in my life so i will not guess
Stunning colection by the way ha hahah a a

So hans

1) labeled Dalmore blue
2) Water of Ayr Paddle (labelled) even if it looks like a TOS
3) unlabeled TOS
4) unlabeled FTOS
5) labeled White TOS
6 labeled FTOS
7) unlabeled Dalmore Blue
8) labeled TOS
9) unlabelled TOS
10) labeled TOS
11) unlabeled TOS
12) unlabeled TOS
13) unlabeled WOA

Haha i ask myself which one is the labelled water of Ayr. I know that due older Times the wording for the Water of Ayr was also used for TaMs....so this change of the Name created a bit a chaos

Also i see no second Dalmore Blue, what the heck did they label wrong or what the hell wasnt identified correct ;-) wanne see detail shots of that one

vasilis, good and clever guesses! a hint: nr. 13 is a in fact a WOA, although the unlabelled one. but nr. 2 is a TOS...

Originally Posted by doorsch

Haha i ask myself which one is the labelled water of Ayr. I know that due older Times the wording for the Water of Ayr was also used for TaMs....so this change of the Name created a bit a chaos

ah, good...

Originally Posted by doorsch

So hans

1) labeled Dalmore blue
2) Water of Ayr Paddle (labelled) even if it looks like a TOS
3) unlabeled TOS
4) unlabeled FTOS
5) labeled White TOS
6 labeled FTOS
7) unlabeled Dalmore Blue
8) labeled TOS
9) unlabelled TOS
10) labeled TOS
11) unlabeled TOS
12) unlabeled TOS
13) unlabeled WOA

Haha i ask myself which one is the labelled water of Ayr. I know that due older Times the wording for the Water of Ayr was also used for TaMs....so this change of the Name created a bit a chaos

Also i see no second Dalmore Blue, what the heck did they label wrong or what the hell wasnt identified correct ;-) wanne see detail shots of that one

Changed Nr. 2: thats a Water of Ayr paddle due the Snake Stone Pattern

Changed Nr. 7: the only possible second Dalmore even if it looks very fine and homogenious. Unlabelled because Nr. 1 looks more typically like the labelled stones