Thread: The X-Hones

Originally Posted by ChrisL

I'm going to guess a dirty oily Wash.i.t.a stone. The bevel setting capability you mention fits in with the coarse grit rating of that stone.

Chris L

Looks like mine as well, still haven't had time to clean mine out...

I went to an antiques fair today and I came back with some old hones. The first one is obviously a bbw/coticle. The next one I have no idea and I haven't had much of a chance to clean and play with it. That will have to wait until I get home from my little holiday.

The next hone I think is a man made hone and may be bound for ebay or the classifieds.

Once I get a chance to clean and play with them I will post some more pictures.

Originally Posted by ndw76

I went to an antiques fair today and I came back with some old hones. The first one is obviously a bbw/coticle. The next one I have no idea and I haven't had much of a chance to clean and play with it. That will have to wait until I get home from my little holiday.

Love the natural coticule. The one next to it looks very interesting too. Great score.

next to coti is Arkansas stone . clean it up will be nice one.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

next to coti is Arkansas stone . clean it up will be nice one.

+1 to Sham

Looks like you got a couple nice stones out of that batch

Congrats!

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

next to coti is Arkansas stone . clean it up will be nice one.

When I was buying these stones, the old guy out of whose hands I had to snatch the coti, said he thought the other one was an Arkansas.
Where would this be used in a honing progression? Would it be bevel setting, polishing/finishing or somewhere in between?

Originally Posted by ndw76

When I was buying these stones, the old guy out of whose hands I had to snatch the coti, said he thought the other one was an Arkansas.
Where would this be used in a honing progression? Would it be bevel setting, polishing/finishing or somewhere in between?

Pocket or larger knives IME.

Originally Posted by ndw76

I went to an antiques fair today and I came back with some old hones. The first one is obviously a bbw/coticle. The next one I have no idea and I haven't had much of a chance to clean and play with it. That will have to wait until I get home from my little holiday.

The next hone I think is a man made hone and may be bound for ebay or the classifieds.

Once I get a chance to clean and play with them I will post some more pictures.

I played with the second from the left a bit today. After some cleaning I was able to make out the words MEDIUM, ..DIA and OIL.

So I am thinking this might be an old Indian Oil stone. I'm guessing that it is not suitable for razors, but will come in handy for knives.

if that is the case yes will be good for knifes. Sorry it wasn't what we thought.

no reason at all not to use it on razors. I think its supposed to be around 800 grit? There was a thread on this subject in here somewhere...
If you have a chip or nick that needs worked out, why waste higher quality hones on the rough work?