Thread: New Hones help please

Got 2 stones from ebay bought from france and came with razors

I am not sure what they are.

First one come on paddle it was covered with oil and was very black, i have flatten it and it become very light and even in color no lines or blemishes (no glittering ether) very smooth and fine stone not hard at all.
Size: 160mm 60mm






Second one came with 2 razors
covered with oil too very very hard stone after lapping it show that it is brown transparent stone glass like but much finer then Arkansas i have 2 Arkansas and they are not as smooth as this one this one is like honing on my super hard Ozuku
size: 115mm 55mm






Thanks for help !!

The stone in the paddle box looks like it could be a Thuringian. The translucent stone with cracks could be a Turkey or Greek stone.

Yes the paddle one i am almost sure is Thuri very smooth stone just finished razor on it and it looks like its super fine but bit slow edge is fantastic !
And it was BIN on ebay

Other one i have to play more with it but it is as fine as Thuri maybe finer very hard to tell what it is

I agree that the paddle is more than likely a thuringian. The other I don't know.

Originally Posted by Piet

The stone in the paddle box looks like it could be a Thuringian. The translucent stone with cracks could be a Turkey or Greek stone.

+1, A Thuri and a Turkey. Nice score. Here's a a similar green Turkish oilstone. It's very fine stone too. These may need lapping..



Have fun,
Mike

Wow yes it looks much like yours

Thank you for help now i know it is Turkish, Any info how to use that stone ?

Those sparse and well spread little dots on the first one are very reminiscent of water of ayr stones - they may look superficially like thuringians. They give a 'silky' feel according to the box and were often used with oil.

Are those cracks in the second example, or more like glassy layers that are delaminating? If the latter and there are very fine bluish-green dots (a hand lens may be necessary to see them) then it could be a welsh oil stone. The glassy nature of the stone is similar to a CF, but the edge it gives is not quite as good - not a lot in it, though.

Regards,
Neil

no no dots on first one just did not lap it well it is very clean hone and soft too it feels a lot like Thuri and finish is more like 16- 20 k maybe more.

Second one no greenish dots ether and not like CF at all much harder then Charnley too

That rules WOA and WOS out then, Maxim - and just goes to show how difficult it is assessing hones by pictures! I did try the standard MOHS test on CF and Turkey stones, but could detect no difference - no doubt the test isn't refined enough, though. The step betwen 9 (corundum) and 10 (diamond) is a particularly large one, for instance.

BTW I reckon you will be lucky to find a thuringian of 16k, let alone 20k!

Regards,
Neil

Yes but i think MODINE got it right first time hehe.. it looks very similar to his and those white spots i have them too on my stone, but not like one you have on website yours look more darker and not glass like