Thread: The Frankonian Hone

Hatzicho

Here and here are a couple of threads on Schwedensteins.

Mine is the same as yours in a boxed case/strop as are most examples. A member here, Piet, had a labelled one once which I believe he sold. Usually blotched or variegated, I have also seen an almost single colour one and striped samples and Olgengarde reckons that particular distinctive of this hone seems to be that it almost invariably comes in thin slices, never in chunky bench stone formats. That unfortunately renders them awkward to use for some, and more prone to splitting and breaking. Mounted on paddles, they sometimes bend and crack lengthwise with the deformation of the wetted and drying wood.

I did try to sell the labeled Schwedenstein paddle which was cracked, but instead I removed it from the paddle and backed it with slate. I now use it as a slurry stone. Here are the old pics.

Thanks Piet, those were the pics I was looking for but couldn't find. It's the only picture which shows a clearly labelled Schwedenstein.

Scipio,

you mentioned that the stones are from saxonia. Is there any further information or do you simply refer to the mountain Schwedenstein in the Lausitz region of germany?
A short look at the geology of this mountain shows, that the main rock here is greywacke, which we have already discussed in another thread. In the literature I have found that in some mines in this region greywacke is found with encased metalliferous veins. So maybe we are on the correct lane.
I will do some further research on this and come back with the results.

A member here told me they came from mount Schwdenstein in Saxony - I can't remember whom. It may have been Oldengarde.

Originally Posted by Scipio

Hatzicho

Here and here are a couple of threads on Schwedensteins.

Mine is the same as yours in a boxed case/strop as are most examples. A member here, Piet, had a labelled one once which I believe he sold. Usually blotched or variegated, I have also seen an almost single colour one and striped samples and Olgengarde reckons that particular distinctive of this hone seems to be that it almost invariably comes in thin slices, never in chunky bench stone formats. That unfortunately renders them awkward to use for some, and more prone to splitting and breaking. Mounted on paddles, they sometimes bend and crack lengthwise with the deformation of the wetted and drying wood.

So are you saying the schwedenstein are the same as frankonain hone?

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

So are you saying the schwedenstein are the same as frankonain hone?

Where did I say that?

Originally Posted by Scipio

Where did I say that?

Sorry. You guys started talking about that hone and where there mined so I thought maybe they were. I thought the frank hone was named that by the people selling it.

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

Sorry. You guys started talking about that hone and where there mined so I thought maybe they were. I thought the frank hone was named that by the people selling it.

At the risk of (shudder) being wrong ..... I think Olivia so named those hones that her brother found , and that she began marketing. That is my impression .

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

At the risk of (shudder) being wrong ..... I think Olivia so named those hones that her brother found , and that she began marketing. That is my impression .

I remember that too, Jimmy. However, I had some correspondence with Henk Bos some time ago in which I mentioned the Frankonian hone, and he said that he had visited the mine several times and the mine-owner (Manfred Teichmann - I think Olivia's brother is called Antje) gave him a couple of hones. The mine specialises in stone for interiors, gardens and monuments - not hones - so you have to ask for a hone. I did just that - and like when I did the same thing on Olivias site, response was there none!

Henk sent me a photo of the mine:



It's in the Hof region of Bavaria, I believe.

Regards,
Neil