Thread: Mississippi Stone?

Hi,
I was "reading" our Italian sister forum:Il Rasoio :: Index
and I saw that the Italians use a stone they call "Mississippi Stone" during initial bevel setting.
Never heard of it.
As my knowledge of Italian is nill I couldn't ask them what they ment.
Did we miss something?

My Italian is non-existant, so I had to rely on Google Translate (which is never a good idea,) but one of the threads concerning the so-called Mississippi Stone mentioned an Arkansas type stone hailing from Michigan. The only Noviculite stone from this area that I am aware of is the Noviculite from the Carp River area which is generally considered to be exceptionally good for finishing razors. It has been discussed on the forums before, I'm paraphrasing from memory here but there was a quote along the lines of, " the Noviculite of Carp River put's a superior edge on a razor compared to all other stones, not excepting the Turkey Oilstone or Scotch stones."

Kindest regards,
Alex

Hi Kingreverent!
Should be good for that price. Pictures would have been nice.
From what I get out of Google (DE) its another name for an Arkansas.
Quite pricey for the dear Italians with 150.00 Euro

Here's the thread where it's mentioned, post number 5. I wasn't 100% accurate quoting from memory, but as you will read it does say that the Carp River Noviculite is superior to the Turkey Oilstone and Scotch Stones. Link: http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...549-jimmy.html

Originally Posted by 0livia

Hi Kingreverent!
Should be good for that price. Pictures would have been nice.
From what I get out of Google (DE) its another name for an Arkansas.
Quite pricey for the dear Italians with 150.00 Euro

Hi Olivia,
The Italians seem to use this stone a lot, otherwise they wouldn't talk so much about it.
I couldn't include some pictures. To see some You're obliged to log in in their forum!
In their search-engine I found some threads:Il Rasoio :: Cerca
The stone doesn't look to me like an "Arkansas" type...

can you copy and paste it in here ? picture of the stone

Oh, I see (that I haven't seen due to not having been logged in, LOL)!
The market down there must be pretty dry.
Seen a shop as well that sold only three kinds and called itself pretty advanced.

Well there are so many different looking Arkansas stones around, its difficult to count them.
Unfortunately the search function here rules the word w.a.s.h.i.t.a. (without the dots) out, cause of the middle part, so people write all kinds of names to get around it and it makes searching very difficult but you'll find lots in the honing forums.
The last bigger collection I've seen was from translucent white to black, with about thirty different shades of greys and browns in between, but I've also seen white ones with pink dots. No kidding!

Originally Posted by A_S

Here's the thread where it's mentioned, post number 5. I wasn't 100% accurate quoting from memory, but as you will read it does say that the Carp River Noviculite is superior to the Turkey Oilstone and Scotch Stones. Link: http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...549-jimmy.html

That post,by Sham, was to show the Turkey Oilstone. It seems to have been very highly regarded if you access various google books and articles on oilstones. I know that Sham tracked a couple down but I am not sure how well they performed once he had them. Until this thread the Mississippi stone was unknown to me. Another one to add to the obscure or unknown rocks to search for.

It sure would be nice to find a high-end finisher here from the old midwest.

That would definitely be the LAST finishing hone I would buy. Seriously.

yeah, right

Jimmy there is another thread about a "oil stone turkey".