Thread: Help id this natural hone!

Well 25 years ago, at a local auction i purchase 3 boxes of woodworking stuff, mostly old planes and chisels,
a few sharpening stones and other stuff as well, anyway this huge stone was in there and its been in my basement all this time, so while doing a little cleaning today there it was, so i decided to start lapping the hone its 13 x2 x1, 1 pic is dry
2nd pic is water 3rd pic is with slurry the colors from the pic are very close, after a little lapping the surface is very smooth
what do you expert think??? notice the two gren specks in the second pic?

im by no means an expert and would wait for someone else who has better knowledge on them to respond before taking what i say as gospel, but that looks extremely close to the Belgium Blue Whetstone i have when ive used it.

Gives the same color slurry and the stone has a very close color / texture match to mine.

take a look at this page and look at the belgium blue stone.
Razor Hones

Vosgienne?

But it is always perilous to judge on the basis of a few pics. Have you got better close-up pictures, especially of the spots and of the sides?

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

Vosgienne?

But it is always perilous to judge on the basis of a few pics. Have you got better close-up pictures, especially of the spots and of the sides?

you mean the green spots on the stone? ill take some and add them

My guess would be a BBW...the one I have has a few little greenish beige specs in it as well.

Thank you. Meanwhile, you might have a look here, here and here.

Lighter spots in BBW are mostly of a pink complexion, yellowish or grey. Only the smaller ones are well defined. Spotting in Vosgienne is apple white, light jade shaded or with turquoise hues, they aren't pin point size and always well defined. BBW has a dotty grain; Vosgienne is very uniform.

Here more pics, the back , the side the green specs dry the green specs wet,
and while starting to lapped the other half a couple more green specs showed up!!!

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

Thank you. Meanwhile, you might have a look here, here and here.

Lighter spots in BBW are mostly of a pink complexion, yellowish or grey. Only the smaller ones are well defined. Spotting in Vosgienne is apple white, light jade shaded or with turquoise hues, they aren't pin point size and always well defined. BBW has a dotty grain; Vosgienne is very uniform.

I must say that that first link the brown escher looks very very close to what i have!!!!!!!

with those size and colour i wonder if its purple slate.i cant remember the name... lynn M*

Originally Posted by ezpz

with those size and colour i wonder if its purple slate.i cant remember the name... lynn M*

Do you mean a LLyn idwal i was thinking they are grey color?