Thread: What hone is this?

Anyone any ideas on this hone?

Looks like a thuringian. Good finisher.

Originally Posted by rjezuit

Looks like a thuringian. Good finisher.

There are many stones that are gray but are not Thuringian.

@ OP are those purple(?) features figuring in the stone?

I was going by the shiny top, gray color and whitish streaks on the side. It also looks to be soft by the scratches visible. And the apparent size. Maybe I'm wrong.

Looks like brown Thuringian.

I have one like this and ask the same question on this forum. These are great hones but small ones.

Here is mine.

Best Regards,

JSZ

Originally Posted by UrsaMaior

Looks like brown Thuringian.

I have one like this and ask the same question on this forum. These are great hones but small ones.

Here is mine.

Best Regards,

JSZ

Lol, it looks a bit too similar like yours doesn't it

I don't see the resemblance with a so called brown Thuringian. I question if it's even a Thuringian, there are other soft stones out there. A wet close-up would help.

Here is the link :

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...tml#post681428

Have fun.

BR

JSZ

This is what I believe is a Brown Thuringian. Although the base colour on mine differs, it has those similar orange/pink markings. An authority on hones has used mine and believes it to be a Thuringian.

Originally Posted by mainaman

There are many stones that are gray but are not Thuringian.

This one is dark brown and makes yellow slurry.

Originally Posted by UrsaMaior

Looks like brown Thuringian.

Originally Posted by Scipio

This is what I believe is a Brown Thuringian. Although the base colour on mine differs, it has those similar orange/pink markings. An authority on hones has used mine and believes it to be a Thuringian.[/ATTACH]

It doesn't look like my Thuringians with brown patches, nor like my Vosgiennes (Vosgienne is in my opinion a correcter name for 'Brown Thuringians'). They are a very uniform purplish brown (see also here and here).

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

It doesn't look like my Thuringians with brown patches, nor like my Vosgiennes (Vosgienne is in my opinion a correcter name for 'Brown Thuringians').

Maybe so, but you're going to have a hard time getting us Americans to say Vosgiennes!