Thread: Old stone found

I found this old hone in an old home my buddy moved in to it had lots of very old things in it this was one of them . The one picture is what it looked like when I found it and the other two are what it looked like after 30 mins and 120 grit sand paper . My question is , is there a way to tell what it is or if it would be good for razors ? I have not taken up honing yet I'm waiting to get the feel of everything else first but I will most definitely be taking it up soon . Is this something to try as a finishing stone ? Any input is appreciated . Thanks much

Pictures of the sides, the stone while wet, and with slurry can help with ID.

I can't tell for sure what that is, so it's something of an unknown quantity. If I were to hazard a guess it looks like some sort of slate, and to my eye has potential. Which doesn't say much because they run the gamut from door stop to really good finishing stone. But the only way to know for sure would be to hone a blade on it and give it a test shave.

The stone has potential! It has some indications of a good quality hone. It is similarly to my first natural hone which I still have and use. Go to the "library" and read many of the articles there.
~Richard

Originally Posted by Marshal

Pictures of the sides, the stone while wet, and with slurry can help with ID.

I can't tell for sure what that is, so it's something of an unknown quantity. If I were to hazard a guess it looks like some sort of slate, and to my eye has potential. Which doesn't say much because they run the gamut from door stop to really good finishing stone. But the only way to know for sure would be to hone a blade on it and give it a test shave.

The sides look like the last picture very cut up but I can sand them down too I was just trying not to loose any width . It makes a white ish slurry . I will wet it and take a slurry pic tmrw after work .

Well, I wouldn't go all out on getting the sides flat. But with natural materials any side may show layering or inclusions that aid in identification of the stone. So photos of front, back, and the sides tend to help. Coticules are a perfect example. If just looking at the yellow face with nothing else visible, it could be a coticule or it could be mistaken for some sort of ceramic/synthetic hone. If it's flipped over and we see only the black side, it could be a synthetic oil stone or any given black slate. But when it's turned on it's side, and you see that natural layering of yellow stone meeting black, it pretty well erases any question or doubt what the stone is.

So basically any information we can get can help us help you, so to speak.

The side picture has a Thuringian look about it. Did it lap fairly easily and have white/light grey slurry?

Nice find. Like they say though, the proofs in the pudding.


Mike

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?

That hone appears to have laminations that suggest it is not a typical slate, but I do agree that the unfinished side does look like a slate.

Originally Posted by rodb

The side picture has a Thuringian look about it. Did it lap fairly easily and have white/light grey slurry?

I would say it lapped easy it just took awhile because it had some deep cuts in it ,and the slurry was whiteish gray