The other week i started using my Escher / Thuringian stones and this gave me inspiration to get my USA stones out.
These two are quite interesting but i don't know much about them. They have been de greased and lapped with SIC powder.
They lighter one (extremely hard) seems very smooth and i planned on trying to set a bevel with it tonight but ended up honing in a different direction.
The coloured one interests me a bit more because this one was in use a lot ,black with oil when i recieved it. So the "If it's been used a lot it must be good theory" came into play. Probably for woodworking tools.
Are they Wichita stones?
Any thought would be good.
Cheers
Joseph
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