Thread: Green Stone from UK, possibly a Llyn Idwal?

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

Looks like a LI to me too. Cool looking stone and possibly a older stone because the back is not finished. Most LI's I have seen are finished on the front and back although I have seen a few with unfinished back. Cool find!

Thank you,
in a meanwhile I have figured out this stone a little bit.
It is not fine enough to be a finisher for me, but it does a great job covering all the way between the bevel setting to including prefinish. In case the razor does not need a geometry correction I can even use this LI to set the bevel and refine the edge, after I jump directly to any finisher.
This guy does a serious competition to my darker cretan hone.

Happy honing!

I would say LI also Ive had a few of them over the years, I have a green stone myself and Im not sure if its a LI or CF lol, it looks more like a LI but when I tried it it produced a hell of an edge that gave me a great shave so now Im really unsure lol, if a stone fits in my progression I tend to keep it I have plenty of options in the LI region so tend not to keep any, they are a lovely looking stone and lap easily enough.
Nice stone I hope you have a place in your progression for it.

Originally Posted by alpla444

I would say LI also Ive had a few of them over the years, I have a green stone myself and Im not sure if its a LI or CF lol, it looks more like a LI but when I tried it it produced a hell of an edge that gave me a great shave so now Im really unsure lol, if a stone fits in my progression I tend to keep it I have plenty of options in the LI region so tend not to keep any, they are a lovely looking stone and lap easily enough.
Nice stone I hope you have a place in your progression for it.

Thanks a lot, this guy is definitely a keeper.

Hey! unambiguously, it is English slate CAMBRIAN GREEN!

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

Looks like a LI to me too. Cool looking stone and possibly a older stone because the back is not finished. Most LI's I have seen are finished on the front and back although I have seen a few with unfinished back. Cool find!

Actually, the giveaway are those layers you see on the side view. That's very characteristic of slate.