Thread: Grandads hone. Help with ID

Yeah, and "slurry" is not a word used much with Arkansas hones...

Have you ever used or lapped an Arkansas hone? I'm just wondering if when you say it is "quite hard" if you mean that it is as hard as that.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Yeah, and "slurry" is not a word used much with Arkansas hones...

Have you ever used or lapped an Arkansas hone? I'm just wondering if when you say it is "quite hard" if you mean that it is as hard as that.

That is true, but if by chance you DO kick up a slurry with them it does tend to be white.

Well, the fact that it doesn't transmit light doesn't preclude it being an Arkansas stone. Could be a Hard or Soft stone too. I'm not sure if either of those options would've come with what I'm assuming is a leather strop on the back of the box though.

Originally Posted by Marshal

That is true, but if by chance you DO kick up a slurry with them it does tend to be white.

Well, the fact that it doesn't transmit light doesn't preclude it being an Arkansas stone. Could be a Hard or Soft stone too. I'm not sure if either of those options would've come with what I'm assuming is a leather strop on the back of the box though.

Yes. I tend to agree with this. The slight translucence seems to suggest novaculite. The dimensions appear to be in line with that also but I am just judging based on a picture not actuall measurements. Also the buildup of oil would also point in the direction of a...... wait for it.........."oil stone"

Congratulations Ed, thank you for showing your Grand fathers stone. It may be nephrite white jade, very hard. Let us know how it works.
Mike

Looks like a Lilly White, Hard Ark. Some can finish, but is more of a pre-finish stone for razors.

They are great knife and tool finish stones.

Nice work cleaning up that stone.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Yeah, and "slurry" is not a word used much with Arkansas hones...

Have you ever used or lapped an Arkansas hone? I'm just wondering if when you say it is "quite hard" if you mean that it is as hard as that.

Have 2 black translucent Arkansas that I have lapped. Probably not that hard but much harder than coti or thuri. Most of the lapping was done at 80 grit and ran a good few sheets and it only had a shallow dish. Slurry with 320 grit w&d was white but not really thick. Probably because it killed the paper reasonably quickly

Some more photos. Hopefully it may show the colour better. Is kind of a very light tan

I have an old hard arkie colored like that.