Thread: New Natural... type still a bit of a mystery.

I picked up this little guy a few days ago... it's about 8x2... dark greyish green with some kind of sparkling material mixed in. It's relatively soft. When I first got it, it was boat bottomed and had grooves/scratches all throughout. This is what it looks like after lapping with 320, which is why you can see some scratch marks in the surface going lengthwise. I probably should have taken it up a few grits with the lapping before I tried a razor on it, but I'm impatient. haha So, with just a basic 320 lapping, I got a razor that was miserable to shave with shave ready in less than five minutes just working from a slurry and diluting it until clear. I'm guessing it's somewhere around 10,000 or 12,000. After 15 laps on a chalked canvas and 30 on leather it passed the HHT. Take a look and let me know what you think it may be. Whatever it is... I payed less than ten bucks for a finisher, so I'm happy.
First four pics are dry... next three are wet... last two slurried.


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Oh yeah, and I meant to say... the smell of the stone is very "earthy," I guess would be the word I'd use for it.

If was hard to lapping can be a Charnley forest.

Wow, is all I can say!! Looks like a great find.. (Jealousy, simple jealousy, !).

I've been lapping for days on stones now. One more wouldn't hurt at all, so if you decide you really hate that one, I'd be willing to give her a good home!!! LOL...

Great find!!

M

Nah, it's not a Charnley... it's way too soft. I have a piece of Chinese 12k slurry stone that I tried to used to get a slurry, but it was so soft it left scratches to where I ended up abandoning the effort.
I mean, it was a bear to lap, but that was only because whoever had it before me had boat bottomed it out so bad and not taken good care of it. Well, I say not taken care of it, but I guess if you aren't using them for the same thing we are, it doesn't matter as much if they aren't perfectly flat. haha To be honest, I'm thinking it might be some sort of Thuringen... maybe one of those dark blue Escher's or just a nice really dark Thuri, but I've never, ever, ever used one of those or even seen one in person, so I couldn't say for sure. I guess it could be a slate of some sort, too. Those are my two ideas, anyway. Whichever it is, it gets a razor scary sharp. I used that one I honed up yesterday and it's sweeeeeeeeeet. haha

Ok, I have watch the picture another time and the red-purple color on the stone come from camera light, this was what induce me in error, sorry. Maybe can be a Welsh slate or a Belgian Blu.

Originally Posted by Bushdoctor

Ok, I have watch the picture another time and the red-purple color on the stone come from camera light, this was what induce me in error, sorry. Maybe can be a Welsh slate.

No worries, I can definitely see where you were coming from... those reddish tints are deceiving. Whatever it is, it's amazing. I finally lapped it up to about 800 and used it on an old Novelty Cutlery blade that I've never been able to get sharp enough to where it didn't pull a little... gave it 20 passes and it may be the sharpest blade I have at the moment, now.