Thread: Bookworm and honing.

Hey everyone.

So I am a bookworm, I love to read. I am quite the scientist and like to have methodology. I have become quite apt at honing and have realized I have done this without any what I would call "real" knowledge. I would love to learn what each stone is composed of, and why this makes it good for honing. How to check out a stone that has no labels, using simple tests. Are there any books that anybody knows of that I could read that would help me in this quest for knowledge?


Thanks


Carl.

No books that I'm aware of that will tell you what the various hones are made of. That knowledge is just scattered around here and there. Some stones it's obvious what they are and some not. If you really want to know, the most accurate way would be to get a college textbook in Petrology and assuming you don't have access to an X-Ray diffractor the next way would be to make thin sections and use a polarizing microscope which you probably don't have either so there is no easy answer to your question.

Well...also any scientific approach would also have to include some metallurgy in there...hardness of the steel...there are a lot more variables than just the stones...

Old geological surveys will tell you some things about the stones we use. Some of them can be found with google search. Although, most of that information has been read by someone on SRP, and promptly posted for all to read here.

Yes, in SRP Library you can find many interesting books to read.

All the best

Thanks guys. I have already had a look on google, I found the information to be ... not what I was looking for. I understand the need for metallurgy but I want to look at the stones chemical compositions foremost. I think when I go back to school I will look into petrology as a module, but for now thanks for that idea I will get myself a petrology book that hadn't occurred to me.

Thanks Guys!!

Carl.

Then geology and petrology school books will be the way.