Thread: Is it a "schwedenstein" thuringian hone?

Dear Straight-Friends,

recently I've came accross with this guy.
The stone was in a quite used condition and had a lot of scratches.
Once surface was lapped and polished a bit a nice stripped/layered pattern with red and black lines came out.
The strips look like this stone were composed from 5 thin layers.

The hone is quite hard (harder than my black thuri) and produces light grey slurry.
I've finished a Fili14 on that with "thick slurry" - method and the shave was very effortless, smooth and close.

Now I am trying to understand what it is.
I could find some sample images from the thuringian "Schwedenstein" hone, which may also have those black/red lines but have never seen the striped structure like this.

Any suggestions guys?

Many thanks in advance
Philipp

That is a great looking stone. What are the dimensions?

175mm x 50mm
Actually it was 200mm but I needed a slurry stone of the same material...

Not a Schwedenstein in my opinion. No idea what else it could be. Great find anyway!

Originally Posted by hatzicho

Not a Schwedenstein in my opinion. No idea what else it could be. Great find anyway!

I agree and don't know either.

Iam quite sure its a Chinese C12k, Guanxhi or whatever those are called

Here are some Schwedenstein pics, slurry here tends to look more brownish/greenish/reddish gray depending on the coloration:

Very cool looking stone. It reminds me of a Thurigan, with lots of Inclusion's. I have a B/G Escher, Barbers delight, with a brown red inclusion similar to that.

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!

Originally Posted by Philipp78

175mm x 50mm
Actually it was 200mm but I needed a slurry stone of the same material...

Originally Posted by doorsch

Iam quite sure its a Chinese C12k, Guanxhi or whatever those are called

If it is 25mm thick, then the dimensions are right for the standard Chinese hone sold by woodcraft. I'm not sure it's a Chinese hone, though all of the markings except for that bit of red do seem to look right.