Thread: Need ID on 3 Hones.

I got these three hones along with a slue of stuff i found at a antique shop.

Any one know what these three might be and the bigger question is is the left one what i think it is?

any feedback would be appreciated!

The first might be a Thuringian, the second two look like carburndum. More pics with a slurry would help.

Heres a few slurry raised.
Thanks for helping!!

You're certain it's a natural stone? It doesn't look natural to me. Idk. Have you lapped it? Done a fingernail scratch test? Put a shave ready razor to it? Those are all things that'll help you ID it. The only way it looks thuringian to me is that it's grey. Otherwise, so are about a milllion man made stones. Not trying to sound cynical, cause I saw your haul today. lol. But this one doesn't look like a thuri to me. And congrats again for being SRP's luckiest man of the day. haha.

Lol, that was a very unique shop visit for sure, been pretty dry in my parts lately so it was even a bigger surprise. I normally only look for blades but since I have been doing allot more with the hones over the past year I figured i'd keep an eye out for stones. I am lapping them now, I have only had coticules and naniwas to date so I have no idea what I'm looking at when it comes to stone differences other then those. I have been itching to play with some barber stones, and I'm determined to get a thuringian at some point. If you handed me a cuticle that be a different story, but thats about the only natural rock I know well. I'll play with them and see what they do on the blades.

Thanks for the input.

If it's a thuringian, it'll take you less than twenty minutes to lap it from thrashed to pristine on 400 grit paper. If it's ceramic, you may notice it gums your sandpaper pretty quick, and doesn't really lap too easily. If it's some other slate, it'll take an hour+, and if it's an Arkansas you may as well cancel your plans for the weekend. Hope that helps a bit too. Looking forward to hearing what it'll do for ya! Stone prospecting is my favorite hobby! lol.

All three appear to be synthetic and pretty coarse.

all three are silicon carbide stone's

Seems the experts aren't humoring you. Sorry buddy. Guess you'll just have to be satisfied with 3 coticules and a frictionite.

regardless of what they are congrats on your find! I wish I could find stones in my antique shops. I have only ever found 1 barber hone and paid quite a hefty price for it!