Thread: clean oil stone maybe Charnley

Originally Posted by McWolf1969

...make of it what you will guys.

Mac

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That is so strange IMO. I've only seen the WOA characterized as a black stone. The only labeled one I've seen, in a photo, was quite black. Makes me wonder..... In the Ayrshire Hone pamphlet it seems that even Tams were referred to as WOA way back when.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

That is so strange IMO. I've only seen the WOA characterized as a black stone. The only labeled one I've seen, in a photo, was quite black. Makes me wonder..... In the Ayrshire Hone pamphlet it seems that even Tams were referred to as WOA way back when.

That's what i thought Jimmy. The brown WOA, listed in this museum thread, is more consistent with a WOA as a pertrified substance, than the black hones currently assumed as WOA....the black one i have doesnt feel petrified, in any way.
I've been scratching my head, ever since i saw that link. Certainly the black scotch hone is a fine finisher, but...LOL.
Food for thought.

Mac

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

That is so strange IMO. I've only seen the WOA characterized as a black stone. The only labeled one I've seen, in a photo, was quite black. Makes me wonder..... In the Ayrshire Hone pamphlet it seems that even Tams were referred to as WOA way back when.

As you know, this is something that had me scratching my head a little while ago, but I think I've got it figured out. The quarry at Dalmore only produces the speckled stones that we know as Tam O Shanters, the company however also retails hones coming from other areas as well, i.e the Dalmore Blue comes from Craiksland Quarry and the stone we now recognise as the true Water of Ayr comes from the Meikledale Mine. The Meikledale stone is recognised by it's black colouration with blue splotches (for want of a better word). Tucker characterises it as being finer, but less pure, than the Tam. Originally however, the stone we know as the Tam, was known as the Water of Ayr, and was sold as such. What happened at the time was that rival operations, most notably the Smith family of Mauchline, also labelled their stones, generally recognised as being of a lower quality, as Water of Ayr also. In order to combat the situation the Dalmore mine started using the trade name of Tam O Shanter, as well as Dalmore Hone, Montgomeriestone Hone and Soutar Jonny Hone, in order to differentiate their products from those of their competitors. Therefore, many of the earlier references that talk about Water of Ayr stones are actually referring to the stone we know as the Tam O Shanter.

Kindest regards,
Alex

Hello,
yesterday evening i finished stone restoring...i used a small quantity of sodium hydroxide and after i rubbed surfaces with abrasive paper...after i rinse it with plenty of hot water and in the end i procedeed to lap...
The smell was like a mixture of portland cement...
Here are some pics, last is a Moughton stone...could be the same rock?

If so, you hit a jackpot!