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  1. 05-24-2009, 08:36 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
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    This is my Swedish hone:

    Nice looking hone. Never saw one of those before. Any idea where it was quarried/manufactured?
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    The ones with the blue droplet mark in Sticky's link are Västiläs. No answers in old threads on Kees' Swedenstein here and on B&B. It might be from Sigtuna?
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    If you want to check out what the Vikings used to sharpen their swords and axes and even to throw at their opponents, google Eidsberg schist.

    They didn't use novaculite until they conquered North America which, when things were a bit slow, was the time the Vikings carved the Kensington runestone from otherwise worthless rock.

    Yup, the ancestors were a busy bunch.
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    Howard at the Perfect Edge has a nice picture of several Eidsborg hones here.
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    Thanks Bruce, I was mixing things up. Eidsborg is the traditional Nordic hone place. No idea though whether these Norwegian hones were marketed as Schwedensteine. Sigtuna has nothing to do with hones other than it is claimed Swedens eldest grindstone was found there. That one came from Orsa.
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    Has anyone tried Wästikivi stones?

    If you scroll a bit down you see the Carpenters stone (pictured with a straight ) and a bit further down the Kuntaliitos Stone.
    The Kuntaliitos Stone is supposted be 1K/4K, and its cheap - €35 for a 200x50x20mm.

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    Looks like the Finnish was translated by a computer, I find it hard to understand. May be an excellent stone.

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    Does this mean you bought one?
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