Thread: what hone is this ?

hi guys,

i found this stone few weeks earlier. i thought it was a "la lune" but when i looked to other side there is some brown spot. i don't think it is saturat because nothing shiny on the stone.


would you have any idea what it can be and it's grit approximately?













thanks by advance for any help. for supplement information, it smells oils.

Really hard to tell from the pics ,give it a lap and clean up and it should make it easier also do you think it's a natural stone or man made? I have a guess at a tamO'shanter or scotch hone.

looks a lot like the Welch slate i had. only way to tell the grit is to lap and possibly burnish it.

Can you add some daylight shots ?

Originally Posted by doorsch

Can you add some daylight shots ?

yep i will do it tonight, i'll to take some pics after slurry stone too

here some more pictures with more light

Yeh well it's not a tam that's for sure. Looks like a nice fine stone other than that still really can't tell much about it ,in some pics it looks brownish and others its greenish lap it and see how hard it is ,what colour the slurry is does it have a smell ,other than oil that is.You just need a good sized square flat tile and some fine grit wet and dry sand paper ,draw a grid on it with pencil and wet it up and away you go keep sanding with the wet paper until all the pencil grid is gone and she should be pretty flat and clean and you will find out how hard it is and what the slurry looks like. Sadly we may still not be able to tell you what it is but she will be ready to use . Cheers.

thanks thebigG i will try to work on it this weekend (i hope at least, at this time i'm really lazy to work on). and i going to put some cleaner pictures.


i thought it was a la lune but not so sure.

Again to add my thinking here you can rule out a La Lune in the Terms we talk about the Purple Or blue metallic Razor hones, because they have a proper identification...

FGBC also sold a variety of stones under their La Lune Trademark, so it sure could be that you have seen an identical stone like yours with the La Lune Trademark.

If you could add a daylight picture iam sure it would be easier to get an ID.

Apart from the grease on the surface, it does sort of look like something from Saurat to me...