Thread: Another whats under the stone post.

I see no mention of spit........

Originally Posted by 32t

I see no mention of spit........

Sorry, I was editing that in there because I forgot. Came in 2 varieties: With and without tobacco juice.

Yup. A lot of mention of sperm oil (from the head of a sperm whale) in old materials referring to Arkansas stones.

Originally Posted by Marshal

Sorry, I was editing that in there because I forgot. Came in 2 varieties: With and without tobacco juice.

I expected tobacco spit would be too acidic to use. It might etch away whatever edge you're putting on the razor.

Originally Posted by KenWeir

I expected tobacco spit would be too acidic to use. It might etch away whatever edge you're putting on the razor.

Couldn't tell you. I never tried it myself, tobacco isn't my thing. And I wasn't about to argue with a man that was doing it before I was born.

Originally Posted by eKretz

Yes, I'm aware of that. However I hadn't heard that Salmen was also selling stones obtained from the Meikledale quarry.

Yhen nw you have as I have few of those. Just to add to that knowledhe they were also giving jobs to Inigo Jones as I have seen their order book

Originally Posted by adrspach

Yhen nw you have as I have few of those. Just to add to that knowledhe they were also giving jobs to Inigo Jones as I have seen their order book

Thanks to both of you for the info!