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06-24-2011, 03:07 PM #11
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Thanked: 1So it's either slate or PHIG according to you guys. Difficult to determine and since I'm new to all of this, trying on my only razor doesn't seem like a good idea...
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06-24-2011, 03:33 PM #12
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06-24-2011, 03:38 PM #13
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06-24-2011, 03:50 PM #14
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Thanked: 1But how to be sure? From what I have found, many chinese rock types have been used for making Suzuri's. Also, suzuri's are used to grind down a solid inkbar into small particles of a very specific size and that, in my opninion, implies that they could have certain capabilities one would loke for in a honing stone.
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06-24-2011, 03:52 PM #15
Hi Zib, I think that is not true. The Frankonian is a slate, the Dragons Tongue is a slate, the back of a coticule (if itīs not a bbb) is slate and can be used for honing,
slate used to be a very common sharpening stone in the long gone days
Look at that website, the slate mine that produces the welsh dragonīs tongueLast edited by Lesslemming; 06-24-2011 at 03:55 PM.
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06-24-2011, 07:17 PM #16
These are ink stones.
Often made of slate....
They are slightly abrasive. Mine is about 5k grit (SWAG).
The ink sticks are compressed and glue rich carbon black
and by rubbing the stick on the slate ramp in the pool
you make ink that you can then brush on paper. They
are common in Japanese and Chinese art and craft shops.
Select the best ink stone for the practice of Japanese calligraphy.
Fancy carved ones are expensive...
There is no reason not to lap the back of one flat and
try it.
EDIT:
Many slate hones are used with oil.
Slate like silt stones can be very hard to
almost soft. They can be sandy and
coarse or fine as silk.
Thuringian or Esher or a Mueller are all slates
of various quality and hardness.
Many slates and silt stones can
be further hardened in a kiln.
A key difference is that slate splits
where other hard meta siltstones
need to be cut. But split can be
thick like a flagstone or thin like a
roof tile.
Slate under the felt of a billiard table
tends to be be coarse and sandy gray
while the old good black board slates were
wonderful smooth and fine.
Color can be blue, bluegreen, red, black...Last edited by niftyshaving; 06-24-2011 at 07:30 PM.
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06-28-2011, 03:10 PM #17
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06-28-2011, 08:26 PM #18
Slate, flagstone... these are very generic descriptive words for meta sedimentary
stone that can be split. They can be sandy mud stones intercalated
or just very fine siltstones that split well. And there is no need to split
into thin roof tiles. Big old slabs are fine too.