Thread: A Rare Washita Hone

Around fifteen years ago, Norton released a limited run of Lily White Washitas for group of woodworkers. There is an article about it somewhere on the 'Net. Pictures of the newly cut stones were also included and they were white like yours too.

Edit: I think this was it: http://www.norsewoodsmith.com/?q=con...-are-long-gone.

Damn! That is a find!
I have been on the lookout for one of those late release washitas by norton but have never seen one for sale.

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

Around fifteen years ago, Norton released a limited run of Lily White Washitas for group of woodworkers. There is an article about it somewhere on the 'Net. Pictures of the newly cut stones were also included and they were white like yours too.

Edit: I think this was it: Lily Whites are Long Gone | Norse Woodsmith.

The box/label seem to be from an older period and I think the re-release had norton printed on the side without the stick in label. . Although I can’t find it now, I used to have a table of pike/norton label changes to date them. So just going off poor memory here.

Originally Posted by Steel

The box/label seem to be from an older period and I think the re-release had norton printed on the side without the stick in label. . Although I can’t find it now, I used to have a table of pike/norton label changes to date them. So just going off poor memory here.

Yes, that's correct. Yours is from an a mid 20th century period, with the recent ones being stamped. I just thought it might be interesting to you as they are new as shown, although they seem slightly streaked, like the soft Arkansas.

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

Yes, that's correct. Yours is from an a mid 20th century period, with the recent ones being stamped. I just thought it might be interesting to you as they are new as shown, although they seem slightly streaked, like the soft Arkansas.

I would love to find one of those (newer release) too for comparison. Do you have that table of norton tradmark changes over the years?

You got it Mike. As soon as I talk Steel out of it I will let ya know.

Originally Posted by Steel

I would love to find one of those (newer release) too for comparison. Do you have that table of norton tradmark changes over the years?

No, but I'd love to see it if there is one. But I think the Behr-Manning name on the label would place it to the mid-1950s or later, as that is when B-M was fully absorbed by Norton (who in turn, are now owned by the French company, Saint-Gobain abrasives).

Also, about my earlier streaked comment about the later-marked lily whites, I looked at the picture again and the resolution is not all that good. So what I took for soft-Arkansas like marking might just be digitally-enhanced chatter, with the stones themselves possibly being uniformly white. I don't remember that streaking from when I looked at the pictures around six-seven years ago.

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

No, but I'd love to see it if there is one. But I think the Behr-Manning name on the label would place it to the mid-1950s or later, as that is when B-M was fully absorbed by Norton (who in turn, are now owned by the French company, Saint-Gobain abrasives).

Also, about my earlier streaked comment about the later-marked lily whites, I looked at the picture again and the resolution is not all that good. So what I took for soft-Arkansas like marking might just be digitally-enhanced chatter, with the stones themselves possibly being uniformly white. I don't remember that streaking from when I looked at the pictures around six-seven years ago.

I used to have a table but lost it when I switched phones. You are right about the time frame. I went back and looked at your link above and I didn’t see any streaks either. All white.

Originally Posted by Gasman

You got it Mike. As soon as I talk Steel out of it I will let ya know.

You two are at the front of the line or maybe back of the bus. Hard to tell some days.

Here you go.