Natural in box

This is the stone I bought together with the Yellow Lake oilstone. The dimensions are 19 x 4 cm and comes in a Meranti box. I bought it as a natural stone of unknown origin, but on arrival a thick layer of oil made me think it was a barberhone. Fortunately lapping revealed a natural stone underneath the oil.

The surface feels smoother than my Rozsutec and Yellow Lake oilstone, both around 10k, but coarser than a Chinese natural. The slurry is light gray and already appears after a few strokes.

Right after this stone I went to my leather strop and shaved. It was a decent shave but not as comfortable when I shave off of the Chinese natural.

Based on the pictures in the hone database I think it could be an Escher, what do you think?

Based on the box it looks like a Scottish hone. If under a bit of magnification you see speckles of white and gray or blue I would figure a Tam 'O Shanter. IME an Escher would give you a finer edge than a Chinese natural. Not sure what you have though.

The stone has no speckles, it does have a wavy pattern barely visible in the photos.

Sounds a little similar to mine: http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...-d-please.html

When you say "feels smoother" do you mean when honing or when touching it with your finger.

And when you get slurry, is that with a razor or with a slurry stone?

It may very well be the same type of stone m0isty. Color is similar although mine seems lighter and both have dark spots and vague lines.

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Originally Posted by holli4pirating

When you say "feels smoother" do you mean when honing or when touching it with your finger.

And when you get slurry, is that with a razor or with a slurry stone?

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I use my finger to run back and forth over the surface. I can feel a difference in resistance and I can also hear a difference in pitch. I have honed a razor on it coming off of the Yellow Lake oilstone. That felt like a small step up in grit but the slurry albeit light may have influenced the result.

I just sprayed the surface with water and after about 10 strokes I noticed a light slurry developing. I don't get that with other naturals iirc.

Here's a close up of the spots in the middle, a 3 x 3 cm surface.

The top stone in this post looks a lot like mine http://straightrazorpalace.com/228427-post8.html, which is described as a vintage Escher-type stone.

For comparison some pics of one of mine that looks similar. It is a NOS Thuringian.

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