Thread: My latest additions to my collection? Please help ID

These are my latest finds, but both were found at the flea market from a vender who had a good number of stones, including swaty's. So there is at least a chance they were barber hones on that alone..

I already have a Thuri and both feel very very similiar. The larger one is actually a bit softer and creates a slurry faster than the other, or even my known thuri, the larger is also a different color as you can see..
I am going to have to take off a good 1/8 inch per side on the smaller, as it wasnt taken care of.

So I am thinking Thuri or esher(ish) but based on what your guys see, what else could they be?
I have taken a razor to the larger one. And it seems like it gave a nice edge. Keeping in mind i am still learning to hone, so that test doesnt mean much,

Please tell me what you think? Fyi i got a steal regardless at 1$ each.






Thisis the smaller one, as yu can see somene really had fun withit, and i am not going to have fun taking that gouge out.

Since no one is going to answer, I think it's a Llyn Idwal. When you doubt, it's a Llyn idwal. The colour of slurry, and I think I see flakes. How hard is it? They are generally finishers.

Hoi Vasilis,

LI is hard and need 3000 gram or more to make a scratch of 0.3 mm wide with a Carbide-tipped scriber.

the one with the big gouge, can you just flaten the other side, and leave the overall thickness for strength? it'd be a shame to break a hone because it was too thin.

Originally Posted by ezpz

the one with the big gouge, can you just flaten the other side, and leave the overall thickness for strength? it'd be a shame to break a hone because it was too thin.

The other side has a chip out of it also.

The large one is very soft, softer than the small one. Very easy to raise a slurry on both. Just as easy as my thury.

It might not be a Llyn Idwal, but, there are softer and harder types of the same stone. Same goes for the Charnleys, Grecians, and almost every natural hone. I have one Grecian that came with label so it's definitely Grecian, that is so soft it slurries while honing, and a Charnley that's not harder than a black Thuringian. Hardness is not a rule always.

I wanted to give an update on these, I have had time now to hone a few razors(try) and really compare them to my other hones. I can tell you they are not near fine enough to be finishers. I have this weird test where I rub a stone on my teeth, and lick the stone, Not to mention the normal finger nail roughness test.

I am putting these at around 4k as it feels closer to my norton 4k

I definetly had thury fever when I originally found them, and wish thinking took the best of me.

Now I am not sure what it could be. it is just as soft as a German hone, but the grit is just too course compared to the other German hone I have.

I will have a crack and say the larger one is a belgian blue and the smaller maybe a slate not to sure hope they work out well for you .