Thread: Llyn Melynllyn Welsh Stone

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

I no longer have the hone, but here are some pics of it:



From what I remember it was not in the same league as the dark ones - more around 8 or 9k, possibly more with some finesse and/or oil.

Regards,
Neil

Is there any green inclusions on this stone? Looks awfully close to this thread that i started a while back and still not quite sure
about it you can check it out here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ural-hone.html

Neil

Is there any chance that Mr. Salmen was connected in any way to the "SALM" coticule?

Jerry

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

There's a guy in the UK selling new stones listed as these. He's cut and lapped them himself and they have a purple slurry. If the originals came from a National Park surely the ones this guy are selling aren't the same as a Llyn Melynllyn Welsh Stone? At the price he sells them at I'm tempted to try one anyway, has anyone bought a new one yet?

I just looked at his listing I'm wondering if his stones are the same as the Dragons Tongue from Inigo Jones ?

No - no inclusions. You will never be sure about that stone other than it is a purple slate - unless it learns to talk, of course!

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

No - no inclusions. You will never be sure about that stone other than it is a purple slate - unless it learns to talk, of course!

Regards,
Neil

Whatever it is, it does a wondeful job as a finisher very smooth for sure!!

Originally Posted by mrsell63

Neil

Is there any chance that Mr. Salmen was connected in any way to the "SALM" coticule?

Jerry

No Jerry,

The Salm coticule is found in an area called the Pays de Salm (or Pays de val de Salm), the "Old Rock" coticule came from there. The Salm name goes back to at least the 10th century - they were connected to The House of Luxembourg and ruled the Vielsalm (Viel-Salm ) area, which later became split between the Ardennes and the Vosges regions as Lower and Upper Salm.

Salmen did import coticules, though!


Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by osdset

I just looked at his listing I'm wondering if his stones are the same as the Dragons Tongue from Inigo Jones ?

That was my initial thought but he sells these as well as the Dragon's Tongue hones. He even sells a combi of the two and the slurry is very different. Think I might grab one tomorrow and see what it's like.

Originally Posted by Sasquatch

That was my initial thought but he sells these as well as the Dragon's Tongue hones. He even sells a combi of the two and the slurry is very different. Think I might grab one tomorrow and see what it's like.

If you do get one of his stones please report back as many are interested!!!

I have one of the purple YL slate. Not sure if it really goes with the black YL being discussed here.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...lake-15-a.html

Originally Posted by Logistics

I have one of the purple YL slate. Not sure if it really goes with the black YL being discussed here.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...lake-15-a.html

Thanks for sharing that. I'm still kinda confused about the new ones though, they must be different to the old ones looking at them. That's fine if they work well of course. I've always loved the idea of a natural to do everything after setting a bevel on a 1000, would this work for that starting with slurry and working through to clean water or should I just splash out on a coti and be done with it? The price and location is a bonus with the Welsh ones but I'd rather not buy one if it still leaves me pining for a coti!