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06-30-2011, 04:42 PM #1Senior Member
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This kind of slate come from my area,are used for pool table or in building construction, but believe me
isn't good for hone a razor. Give him a kick in the ass .
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06-30-2011, 07:00 PM #2Chat room is open
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For razor use you want a stone to be homogeneous without any coarse impurities. If the slate offered looks clean you could give it a try with a (cheap) razor. The grit could be anything between 6-12k. If it's not suited for honing it might be useful for backing a thin stone.
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06-30-2011, 07:04 PM #3Senior Member
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What the gentleman remembers as slate could also be some form of hone like a thuringian.
But you never know.
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06-30-2011, 07:45 PM #4Nic by name not by nature
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The Dragon's Tongue hone is Welsh slate its the mica that, apparently, does the cutting. IME its a tough one to use, however I find it works best with oil.
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07-01-2011, 01:01 PM #5Member
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Well if its wesh I have to look in to a Dragons tongue, maybe I could go full on welsh and wet the stone with Felin Foal or Brains beer but im worried I might end up spending hours licking it :-)
Originally Posted by Jeltz
Will definatley look in to that though thanks, just hope I dont end up with HAD the RAD is bad enough .
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07-01-2011, 01:11 PM #6
I was a vendor for Ardennes. Their Coticules are backed with Slate/Schist. I was told it could not be used for honing...My two cents....Good Luck...
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07-01-2011, 02:24 PM #7Senior Member
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Just what we need; another hone licker. Did Dylan put you up to saying that?
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07-03-2011, 11:43 PM #8Senior Member
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The back of Coticules is often just strong dark stone that Originally Posted by zib
has no quality. Sometimes on older hones they used
what is now known to be blue water stone and it has good
sharpening qualities (sharpening is not honing). Some natural
combos exist...
Today the good blue water stone has a market of
its own so the rock on the back is just backing.
Sometimes it pays to experiment on a junker
blade to see what you got. They do not sell
the back -- the Coticule material on the top is
the difficult stuff to find and a good one is worth it.
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