Thread: Is it a "schwedenstein" thuringian hone?

Many thanks Gens for your feedback

The Stone is actually right now 22mm thick, but its status was quite used and I needed to lap couples of mm. So I can imagin it was 25mm.

I'll experience this stone in more detail and wil sahre the findings.

Best Regards

Philipp

It is a Cnat- PHIG or Chinese Guanxi hone .It is descent finisher anyway .
Not in the Swidenstein class , but still pretty nice . Will beet most of the coticules every day of the week

We all like Thuringian stones so we often misapply that love. If indeed, your stone is a PHIG then, from my limited experience, with those inclusions, you will find it a fast cutting and smooth finishing member of the breed.
JMO, YMMV
~Richard
Post #9 above shows what we would expect from a Thuringia stone as far as scratches and saw marks.

Originally Posted by BWH1980

Looks similar to a stone I grabbed on the bay. The white lines. No red/brown yet, but in the forth picture you can see that it will be coming through at some point.

I picked it up because it was cheap and the saw marks are similar to that of thuri’s. It’s a very odd shape, but very comfortable for hand honing. The inclusions have no effect. I’d say it has a middle hardness. Between my thuri’s and la’lune. Great finisher. Great find enjoy it!
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Can you tell me what is the red coloration on one of the ends? Some red color or a red typ of label pieces?

Originally Posted by BWH1980

Looks similar to a stone I grabbed on the bay. The white lines. No red/brown yet, but in the forth picture you can see that it will be coming through at some point.

I picked it up because it was cheap and the saw marks are similar to that of thuri’s. It’s a very odd shape, but very comfortable for hand honing. The inclusions have no effect. I’d say it has a middle hardness. Between my thuri’s and la’lune. Great finisher. Great find enjoy it!
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A strange stone. It has the famous dots of WOA and the red coloration could be the remains of the red paint the WOA was painted, I think for the French market,
https://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%202...ing_part_3.pdf page 49
but the stone looks different than a WOA. In any case, if you enjoy its edges, a nice purchase.

Originally Posted by Vasilis

A strange stone. It has the famous dots of WOA and the red coloration could be the remains of the red paint the WOA was painted, I think for the French market,
https://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%202...ing_part_3.pdf page 49
but the stone looks different than a WOA. In any case, if you enjoy its edges, a nice purchase.

Yes it does appear to be. I have been in pm with doorsch, as I didn’t want to hijack the thread.

Thank you it is a great shave!

Originally Posted by Vasilis

A strange stone. It has the famous dots of WOA and the red coloration could be the remains of the red paint the WOA was painted, I think for the French market,
https://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%202...ing_part_3.pdf page 49
but the stone looks different than a WOA. In any case, if you enjoy its edges, a nice purchase.

Haha Vasilis my Friend youre the best!! Great we shared
The same idea, i love those stone crazy guys

Originally Posted by doorsch

Haha Vasilis my Friend youre the best!! Great we shared
The same idea, i love those stone crazy guys

Thank you Sebastian, I knew you would consider the possibility.
If only our dearest friends Neil and Henk were still around. They truly new their stuff and we needed to learn more from them. Alas, c'est la vie.

Not to stray too far from original thread, that's a perfect example of a Chinese finishing stone. It has all the clear-cut characteristics you can find in one, and their combination on no other type of stone, from what I have seen so far.
Be careful of that orange/brown line. On the ones I have seen so far it wasn't behaving like a "toxic" inclusion, but you can never be too sure.