Thread: Belgian Blue?

Any idea about what this stone might be? It's a blue/gray color with small red dots. The stone on the right I know to be a Belgian Blue since it's a natural combination coticule. The slurry is white rather than the purple color I get from the Belgian so that's throwing me off a bit. Do all BBW's give a purple slurry?

-Matt

That's not a Belgian Blue my friend, for to my knowledge they all give off a purple slurry. What you have could be a little more interesting....

No idea what it is, but that is a beautiful stone. How does it cut?

if my memory doesn't mislead me that stone is from Africa. We had a member was selling it.
i even tested one.
post should be somewhere on the hone section.

It looks different to the Silkvein stone.

stone cut differently and magnification is larger on silkvein.
i am not sure .
the best way test it and let us know how it will act.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm actually happy to hear that it might be something interesting. I did a quick test on a razor and I don't think it's as fine as my thuringian but it does leave a nice edge. I'm going to play around with it some more and see what it can do. It was sold as a vintage razor hone but who knows? It's great that we have so many knowledgeable people here to help identify these old hones which can be very tricky to find information about. Much appreciated!

Got any dry pics of it?

Some pics of it dry and next to a thuringian to show contrast. I also tried to take a clear picture through my 10X loupe. You can see the fairly large red inclusions.

Those wavy patterns are akin to the Silkstone, yet when the stone is viewed in its entirety they are as Sham mentioned, finer than the Silkvein. Further, the slurry of the Silkvein has a deeper gray shade to it as per the link.

The red dots are interesting. Some stones which I have come across which have red/orange dots are the Lynn Idwall, Tam O'shanter and the Fox hone, none of which are quite like this one. Interesting that it is a very close size to the Thuringian. Also interesting that it appeared almost blue in colour in the OP, must have been the lighting.

Adrspach, Piet and Oldengarde may be able to help out. I don't know what it is.

Is it harder or softer than your Thurry. How readily does it give slurry?