Thread: can anyone identify this stone

I inherited this stone from my father who was a carpenter. It is greenish in color, natural stone not composite as can be seen from the underside which is rough hewn.
If I scratch it it has a lighter green/blue chalky consistance. It is probably from England so I don't think it is an Arkansas stone!

Looks like a Llyn Idwal (UK). I have one that looks like yours. With the 1/10th of its thickness. For me, it works best if it's lapped to a very fine degree, 5000 grit sandpaper or higher. Really hard, and fine. It's one of my favourites.

yeah thats a Llyn Idwal good call vasilis .

Originally Posted by Vasilis

Looks like a Llyn Idwal (UK). I have one that looks like yours. With the 1/10th of its thickness. For me, it works best if it's lapped to a very fine degree, 5000 grit sandpaper or higher. Really hard, and fine. It's one of my favourites.

+ 1 Lynn Idwal my favorite finisher

Sorry to be pain. Can you show more detail of the stone? Especialy if there are any discolorations, crasks fisures. So far I would say either lower grit CF or LI.

thats a good call on low grit adrspash i notice the chipping on the side of the stone looks a lot like what i see on soft arks if it was super hard it would flake chip (ime)

You do have a point. How hard is this stone? Mine, the one I was saying it looks like this one, is the hardest stone I have ever seen. The back side of the stone was rough, and it looked more like this one, not like big broken pieces of flake. I can't remember it clearly, with their black glue etc, but that's the impression I have. And, on this one, you can see the flakes near the corners.