Thread: Flee market stone 2

I didn't see that seam before. Is that a natural seam or is it like the coticule in your other thread where it is a stone on a backer or a 2.sided stone?

It looks like a natural seam.

I did put some steel to it that was already honed and finished in a Shapton 12000k. I will use it on my next shave and see what happens. I don't know if that is the correct way to test it but it should tell me something.

One thing I can say is I had to hole the stone in my hand to get any feedback from it.

Is that a seem or a scratch gouge?
You need a loupe. To test you get a good look at a nice shaving bevel. Then do 6 or 10 laps on the new stone and compare the scratch marks. Are they deeper, thinner, more polished and no scratches...

The shave test is the ultimate test but if you trying to find where the stone will fit in a progression...

Originally Posted by Gasman

Is that a seem or a scratch gouge?
You need a loupe. To test you get a good look at a nice shaving bevel. Then do 6 or 10 laps on the new stone and compare the scratch marks. Are they deeper, thinner, more polished and no scratches...

The shave test is the ultimate test but if you trying to find where the stone will fit in a progression...

To me it looks like a seam. scratch that I just looked through my loupe and it is not a seam it is just a mark.

i do have a 30x & 60x loupe.

I just have to decide witch razor edge I want to sacrifice to this stone. The one razor I did put to this stone was with my own edge so I did not harm any of my rotation which were not honed by me.

If it's a natural seam that's potentially a good thing. If 2 layers of stone meet naturally that are of different honable grit ranges you can have 2 stones in one.

No Thuringian for sure. But can't really help what it definately could be....

Regards Peter

Originally Posted by RgR

That stone was used so much, not sure where any saw marks would be found.

Thuringians typically have saw marks along the side. It is always possible that they were lapped away but more the exception than the rule.

Originally Posted by hatzicho

No Thuringian for sure. But can't really help what it definately could be....

Regards Peter

Well Peter, you would know better than I do. If it is not a thuri then I certainly don't know either. I'm definitely watching to see what other input comes in. The suspense is killing me!

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A Thuri or Escher has a uniform color. No marbling or speckles of different colors. This stone looks to have speckles.

Yeah I didn't notice that before you mentioned it Randy. It actually looks a little like a hard Ark except for the slurry. At least I have never seen an ark make slurry like that.