Yellow Lake natural stone

Anybody know anything about these? Where do they fall gritwise?

Thanks

Jason

Haven't heard of that . Do you have a link to some info ?

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Haven't heard of that . Do you have a link to some info ?

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Yeah! I'm thinking Jimmy is getting the shakes and needs a fix.:roflmao

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Yeah! I'm thinking Jimmy is getting the shakes and needs a fix.:roflmao

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You know me too well :D

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Yeah! I'm thinking Jimmy is getting the shakes and needs a fix.:roflmao

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You know me too well :D

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I thought the same thing!:rofl2::rofl2::roflmao:tu Of course, I'm right there along with him.

Chris L

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I thought the same thing!:rofl2::rofl2::roflmao:tu Of course, I'm right there along with him.

Chris L

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hi_bud_gl will be along too. Like vultures circling around waiting for something to die. LOL :rofl2:

In that case forget I ever mentioned them. I'll come back and post a review once Ive bought up the worlds remaining stock ;)

see what you have done to the addicts or haddicts they are all shaky and sweaty, their keyboards and google are getting a workout as you read this in the relentless search for the ultimate shave

That's right, DON'T play with us like that! We're a group that is easily influenced. The RADdicts are a guarded, jaded and skeptical lot ;). Us HADdicts are too easily influenced with the notion that there is an illusive polishing stone out there that could be the next Asagi.

Chris L

Oh ok, heres what little I know

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z.../yell_lake.jpg

I guessed they must be from your side of the pond, Ive come across them in a generic packaging with the importer/distributors name and a brief mention of "yellow lake" on the box "use with oil or water" and I did see them mentioned in an old document where they were compared favourably as a cheaper alternative to a stone we would think of as a razor finisher, but they werent being discussed in the context of that document as a razor finisher.

Im sorry about the last cryptic bit above but I cant remember where I read it or what the other stone was, the article was along the lines of " tools to build your homestead" .

If you guys have never heard of them they cant be any good for razors, they do look like another slate type hone though.

I don't have a Yellow Lake in my collection. I'd love to have a chance to buy one or, failing that, a really good photo of one.

Hmm...i just recently aquired an 8x2x1 'Genuine Yellow Lake Oilstone." It is quite dark and shows alot of intial promise as a finisher...it reminds me a great deal of my vintage dark blue Thuringian.
I will test it against my other finishers, this weekend...wish me luck. He, he...

Mac

Mac you are my hero. Now if you can just find a Devonshire Oil stone.:rock:

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Mac you are my hero. Now if you can just find a Devonshire Oil stone.:rock:

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Thanks Jimmy,
I look forward to testing this guy out, thoroughly.

Mac

You guys are nuts about your rocks...

Pics please.

Chris L

My Yellow Lake stone turned out to be slightly finer than a DT, so maybe comparable to 8-9K grit.

Sunday another Yellow Lake stone went for 15 GBP at Ebay.