Yellow Lake 15"

Here is my latest purchase.

Llyn Melynllyn (Yellow Lake)

Pictured here are images with my DGLP. She has a nice purple color and a more brilliant purple when wet and if one can look closely at it there are small, tiny veins throughout.

The slurry is a deeper purple as seen in the images and the slurry raises relatively fast. This hone feels to be on the softer side when lapping as any blemishes slide off in a few moments.


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You need more rainbow. :-)

What a beauty!!! I love the viens in her!! Very nice!

Every day this place shows me something else I never heard of. So what's Lyn Idwall mean? Is there any history with this stone? Sorry if I'm completely clueless, and asking dumb questions.

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Originally Posted by holli4pirating

You need more rainbow. :-)

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I haven't done the official "taste test" yet and there is no chance of it becoming a coaster. :rofl2:

I'm rather excited to give this hone a try as most indicate the Yellow Lake is around 8-9K but the seller claims 12k. *digs through my razor collection for a good tester*

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Originally Posted by regularjoe

Every day this place shows me something else I never heard of. So what's Lyn Idwall mean? Is there any history with this stone? Sorry if I'm completely clueless, and asking dumb questions.

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Same area and pretty much a similar hone if you reference areas of the internet. Please forgive me as I have not tried the Lyn Idwall but then again I'm not an expert on hones as others are. It would be nice if a much more knowledgeable person would chime in on the similarities or differences.

Llyn Melynllyn and Llyn Idwal appear to be only about 7km apart but the stones are very different. One is slate the other is novaculite I think.

I know nothing about these stones so here's a dumb question .
Is the purple slurry due to garnets as in the Belgian blues. ?

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One is slate the other is novaculite I think.

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Sorry in advance. So, which one is "one" and which one is "the other"? I thought slate was bad for razors:(

Slate hones exist. It's just not advised to hone razors on the slate backing of your coticule.

Hello Logistics, Just wanted to know where you acquired your lapping plate ( is it a diamond lapping plate and if so, what is the correct name so I will know what to ask for should I contact the people from which you purchased it??? Thanks for a reply asap. Sonny082

DGLP is the Shapton Lapping Plate. Any retailer carrying Shaptons should have it. Diamond on Glass Lapping Plate?

Just to answer some of the questions.
Llyn means in English Lake.
From there you can deduct Llyn Idwal is lake on bottom uf Cwm Idwal. History says that the lake was named after one of the sons of historic prince of Wales was drowned in the lake. The hone is novaculite type. The quarry is publicly accessible however it is SSSI and even when you are in not many people know what was the quarry for.
Llyn Melymllyn tranlated je Yellow Lake. So far so good. But to my knowledge there are now 3 locations in Snowdonia with that name. So far I was able to locate and visit only two of them. They are only few miles apart from each other. However each is in different mountain range of Snowdonia. The hone itself is slate.

Nice answer. There are at least two different kinds of Yellow lake stones, but I have one like the one you have but darker, almost black. No, the purple color has nothing to do with garnets, and on BBW i think it's the Manganese salts that make it look like that. I really like this stone, used with oil as a finisher I've had many pleasant shaves. It gets much finer. Many slate type stones are suited for razors, the nakayama and many more Japanese stones are slate.

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Originally Posted by Vasilis

Many slate type stones are suited for razors, the nakayama and many more Japanese stones are slate.

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Not sure of the difference but Nakayama stones are shale as opposed to slate.

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Not sure of the difference but Nakayama stones are shale as opposed to slate.

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IIRC, slate is the metamorphic state of the sedimentary shale.

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Llyn Melynllyn and Llyn Idwal appear to be only about 7km apart but the stones are very different. One is slate the other is novaculite I think.

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Yes you are right. However it depends which quarry you talking about as there is one quarry closer to LI in fact it is on the same ridge/range of Snowdonia.
LM or YL are more slate and LI is novaculite.

I ordered one of the combo with DT and LM. Havent recieved it yet. What oil do you guys recomend? WILL it get into the stone? How about on a barber hone? Will the same oil effect the hone?

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Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

I ordered one of the combo with DT and LM. Havent recieved it yet. What oil do you guys recomend? WILL it get into the stone? How about on a barber hone? Will the same oil effect the hone?

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sewing machine oil is what i use made by white diamond

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Originally Posted by Logistics

I haven't done the official "taste test" yet and there is no chance of it becoming a coaster. :rofl2:

I'm rather excited to give this hone a try as most indicate the Yellow Lake is around 8-9K but the seller claims 12k. *digs through my razor collection for a good tester*

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use oil and you'll get the best possible edge off of the stone

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Originally Posted by eleblu05

sewing machine oil is what i use made by white diamond

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Does that oil get into a hone? I dont want to tuin my hones or limit them to only oil.

Those kind of stones do not absorb oil, so, don't worry. Wash them after honing, and if there is still oil on it, give it a very fine lapping. I use WD40 and it's not bad.

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I haven't done the official "taste test" yet and there is no chance of it becoming a coaster. :rofl2:

I'm rather excited to give this hone a try as most indicate the Yellow Lake is around 8-9K but the seller claims 12k. *digs through my razor collection for a good tester*

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Did you use this stone yet if so where would you put it, 12k- 8k-9k?

I have seen from the same seller TOS stones rated as 15k+ (not WOA, TOS, white, not grey, with the dots) so I'm not sure how accurate is his grit rate system is. The old yellow lake stones, don't know about the Salmen, are around 8 to 10k with water. Clearly a little coarser than eschers and the fine C12k. When you test them, tell us about the new ones.

Will do for sure!!! i think it might work well as a pre-finisher!

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Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Does that oil get into a hone? I dont want to tuin my hones or limit them to only oil.

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i only use oil on oil stones ark's cf li