Thread: Old stone found

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Is the third photo the side or the back?

As said photos of all side, including the ends may help. Looks like slate, possibly a Thuriegen.

How does it finish, will it improve a 8k edge?

The third pic is the bottom of the stone ,all 4 sides looked like that until I lapped the one side ,which is the first two pics
I'm not sure on how it finishes I haven't taking up honing my razors yet ,but it definitely helped a cheap Henkel kitchen knife after a 1k super stone

I'll lap one side down and get y'all a picture

Yes more pics please but that looks promising. Good luck, and keep us updated

These are pics of the side

These are pics of slurry and just water

Ooooo, nice! That stone has high quality Thuringian writen all over it. Better yet, I'm seeing some dual coloring going on, blue/green to dark blue possibly??
I bet it is a pretty fast cutter and improves on an 8k edge....

Fantastic score!!

It seamed to make a good improvement on my kitchen knives off a 1 k pretty fast ,but I'm no knife sharpening expert

if its to fast I wonder about the stone being a thurigian, its usually takes a lot of laps even after the 8k stone,, but hey I hope for ya,, also,, it doesn't seem to be the normal size for the thuris,,, good luck Tc by the way you can also pack up your hone and send it to some of the hone masters here to test it for you till you know what your doing, in the right hands they can let you know a lot about how to use and what you have Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

if its to fast I wonder about the stone being a thurigian, its usually takes a lot of laps even after the 8k stone,, but hey I hope for ya,, also,, it doesn't seem to be the normal size for the thuris,,, good luck Tc by the way you can also pack up your hone and send it to some of the hone masters here to test it for you till you know what your doing, in the right hands they can let you know a lot about how to use and what you have Tc

Any suggestions on someone I can mail it to ?

If any experienced honers would be willing to let me mail it to you and tell me if its worth holding on to or not I'd appreciate it