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10-02-2009, 11:33 AM #1Chat room is open
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Belgian Blue Whetstone find
Tuesday I went to my local market and walked by some stands with antique and 2nd hand stuff. In a box filled with old tools I found a gray stone apparently used for honing tools and brought it home.
I had no idea what it was but Oldengaerde recognized the pattern as that of a BBW.
I lapped most of the chips out. The red brownish slurry surprised me a little and it seems a soft stone compared to the hones I've lapped before (Swaty, Rozsutec and PHIG/C12k).
I haven't tried honing with it yet.
It measures 22.9 x 5.5 x 1.9 cm.Last edited by Piet; 10-02-2009 at 11:37 AM.
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10-02-2009, 11:39 AM #2I just want one of each.
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Nice find! That is a beautiful rock.
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10-02-2009, 10:28 PM #3Senior Member
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Congrats! Thats a pretty stone.
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10-02-2009, 10:36 PM #4Know thyself
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Very pretty stone. You should get a DT to hone on so you can put that BBW up on your wall as decoration! Hehe...
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10-02-2009, 11:32 PM #5Chat room is open
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Thanks all. It's definately pretty enough to display but my place is already messy enough as it is
I think it does deserve a nice hardwood box, for now it will go in a cardboard box together with all my other hones.
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