Thread: Scotch Hone Clarification.

Originally Posted by A_S

Hi Jimmy,

I've come to the conclusion that the non-speckled stone we know as the Water of Ayr is the stone coming from Meikledale. My initial confusion arose from the fact that I wasn't sure if the stone mentioned as the blue Water of Ayr by Tucker which came from Meikledale was distinct from the WOA sold by The Water of Ayr & Tam O Shanter Honeworks Ltd. So yes there is a distinction between the two types, but the finer stone we know as the WOA is probably only processed and sold by the Dalmore Mine and actually comes from Meikledale.

Kindest regards,
Alex

Regardless of where it comes from .... I want one.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Regardless of where it comes from .... I want one.

Me too, and I also want a Moughton Whetstone, a Bilston Whetstone, a Thringstone Quarry Charnley stone, a Devonshire Oilstone, A Devil's Punch Bowl Whetstone, a Whetstone Lake Nova Scotia hone, an Ottertail Lake Razor Hone and an Ananias Mowry Farm Whetstone.

On the subject of Scots hones those quarried at Enterkine interest me the most. It's described as a very hard mudstone, which going by a rough guide to petrographic hone types I have would put the abrasive grain size around the <0.005mm mark, i.e very fine. I've also read about a type of laminated marble that was quarried to make hones in the Scots county of Banffshire, I'd quite like one of those too.

Kindest regards,
Alex