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In the name of science, shall I or shall I not?
The Pradalungha is a quarzit from Italy and available in two grades.
Middle fine F 280-320
and fine F 500-600
Its available here: Natürliche Schleifsteine und Wetzsteine
and not even too expensive.
Has anybody tried them yet?
The "Fine" would be a bevel-setter, right? I looked on a conversion chart and it seems to be around a Norton 1k-1.5k.
Looks like you could get the behemoth at the bottom of the page shipped to you for 30 Euro total. I say go for it and report your findings! :)
I live just few kilometers far from Pradalunga. My grandfather has been using a Pradalunga stone for his entire life, but only to hone his sickle as 97% of old italian farmers during the past century. ..Razors? mmm.. :confused:
Just what I wanted to hear :)
Fede I remember you've told me.
Will try anyway. A good semi coarse natural bevel setter is actually pretty scarce, isn't it?
Seems interesting! I'm looking for a natural bevel setter too, but here the standard shape for Pradalunga hones - for a fair price - is this (and here you can read that they have been mentioned since 79 a.C., used with water). Also, they are called.. coti!
Oh yes, already stressed this site and Google maps, LOL
I've been there before but not under mineralogical aspects.
Too bad actually.
Fede if they sell them rectangular to that german vendor,
I'm sure you could get one of that shape down there as well.
I'll give a chance to my Candia stone before, but that website could be a good option. Pay attention, since Pradalunga stones (aka Cotis) sometimes are sintetic stones sold under the same name (I've read sometimes that Pradalunga stones are available as natural or sintetic stones :rant:).
If that can be a synthetic stone :rant:
I'll make a test - or more than one!
Its clearly offered as a natural and fear me if it isn't!
I really don't need a pound of goo!
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Hi olivia,
if you´re looking for a natural bevel setter,
why not go for a japanese Aoto?
At Kochmesser, Küchenmesser, Schleifsteine aus Japan - Japan-Messer-Shop.de you can get very, very nice naturals: an Aoto for about 50€ (or if you ask for uneven or scratched ones maybe even a little cheaper).
But they are huge and are known to have extreme cutting power
and refine themselfes, so you start at 1.000 and end at 2/3.000
(well I don´t know if that is true... could be just a very agressive 2k)
Just tell them what you are looking for, they have a lot more than those on their site
Cheers :beer2:
Aaaaaargh, Benny, that link is the bomb! :gth
Thank you!
Hope the italian arrives soon so that I can forget it (for a little while)!
I have a couple of Aoto stones. They can have inclusions that need to be lapped out. They pop up at various times.
Sandpaper is much faster.
Just my $.02,:)
Well, you know quartzite is metamorphosed sandstone and should be the same hardness as quartz 6.5- 7 on the mohs scale. I would imagine it would perform very similar to my beryl Hone which is around 7.8-8 on the mohs. I thought the beryl was a good polisher but not good in the lower grits.
I'm curious really.
Will use it for my axe if its crap.
My dad taught me to never argue with a woman with an axe.
as Twain said
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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
LOL your dad seems to be a wise man!
Ok, so the sculpture arrived.
Sprayed water on and it stays quite well, no soaking.
Tried a Solinger blade with little effect.
A Sheffield silver steel just laughs at it.
After that short look I'd say the hone doesn't cut wax.