Thread: UK Members

I think perhaps, one of you should go for a hike and fill a Lorry and share with us?
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Sorry to spoil your expectations. Link for those pictures was here before in conjuction with Cuttlers Green. I already been there hunting for pictures of CG quarry as vell as pictures of that hone itself with hopes once I know how it exactly looks then I can look for specific hones on markets. The area it shows is littered with hunreds of quarry holes. You would be surprised how many slug heaps od grey, green and purle patrialy cut slate are arround. The slate in the area is very good quality usualy used for bulding purposes and honestly easly could be used for sharpening edged tools knives with good outcomes. However razors are something else.
Perhaps I am wrong but most of the collectors/users here looking for named hones with specific properties rather than hone with simmilar properties to named hone.

where-as many others are just interested in the performance of the hone.
a label is only valueable to a collector, not to a user

Originally Posted by fragalot

where-as many others are just interested in the performance of the hone.
a label is only valueable to a collector, not to a user

It is nice to know what the stone is or one can make an educated guess but to me its all about the performance,
if your a collector you want the hone labelled and perfect if your a user its a totally different story.
I dont think to many collectors are hiking mountains to find a labelled hone.....

you never know, someone might have taken one on a hike and accidentally left it somewhere when they honed one of their razors in the wilderness to relax.. xD

I do not have to hike mountains to find labeled hone. However if there are no positively identified hones available as in my case Cuttlers Green this is the way how you can get to original sources because really how more original you can get and then use the knowledge for identiffication of hones. Additionaly I do like to know more about history of my hones and their makers.
Or shall I call my car Mecedes if it has same colour and speed as the one in the Merc dealership.

Originally Posted by adrspach

I do not have to hike mountains to find labeled hone. However if there are no positively identified hones available as in my case Cuttlers Green this is the way how you can get to original sources because really how more original you can get and then use the knowledge for identiffication of hones. Additionaly I do like to know more about history of my hones and their makers.
Or shall I call my car Mecedes if it has same colour and speed as the one in the Merc dealership.

Sounds like you really are after a Cuttlers green stone!!

Some people do like a good name... however, I'm in the market for a 10"x3" piece of natural rock in around the 199,000,000,000,000 grit range that nobody has any idea what its called. That way, I can get it for six bucks American. haha