Thread: Can you confirm if this is a ToS

Piet, I know they look similar in photograph, but they are very different. The orange spotted one (which is identical to Adrspach's Idwal which I saw at the Razorcon) leaves a fine finish similar to a Charnley.

The other one is coarser, but still could be a finisher. The spot pattern may look similar, but the dark green spots on that one are of a different composition to the rest of the hone's matrix, possibly of a different material, where as the one which I believe is an Idwal has a smooth consistency, giving me the impression the marks are just markings, not inclusions.

Originally Posted by Scipio

Piet, I know they look similar in photograph, but they are very different. The orange spotted one (which is identical to Adrspach's Idwal which I saw at the Razorcon) leaves a fine finish similar to a Charnley.

Adrspach posted a stone from Idwal before. Is that the one?

Originally Posted by Piet

Adrspach posted a stone from Idwal before. Is that the one?

No, it had orange spots and waves like mine.

all three stone in my pic are all soft ark's the big one in the middle is gray with black spots and when i applyed oil the spots bleed alittle the color is redish purple around the spots the stone on the right is dark gray with black spots and its soft ark i can tell by looking at it the feel and the writing on the box lol

Originally Posted by Scipio

No, it had orange spots and waves like mine.

I can confirm the hone on the link is Llyn Idwall but not the one Scipio has seen at Razorcon. I could not take all of my stones and in that time I was more concentrating on Llyn Menyllyn hones and TOS.

piet heres the back of the stone

Here are the fronts and backs of two of mine and the big one from before. The two small ones look a bit different but the backs match. The big one looks a bit similar as well. The color schemes of an arkansas can be similar but I don't think they have the swirls.