Thread: Need Help ID this stone

This stone was sold as a Thuringian stone, the seller sold an Escher in a wooden box so I thought he knew what he was selling.

Compared to my Thuringian and Escher this one feels slighty different. It slurries extrememly easily, and it has sliver light grey texture.

It feels like (thermal paste, artic silver, for computers heat sink ), I know there no slurry pictures but I think I saw a posting with some one with a similar stone, I remember he seeing his finger with the slurry, looked sliver grey to me, my mind went to that post when I tried this stone.

Any idea what this is.

George

Thuringian are notorious to have white slurry! It does look like it could be a LI but from what you said sounds like its a soft stone! To me looks like it needs a good lapping! then perhaps post more close up pics.

Like Martin says, we need better pics and close-ups. Sounds a lot like one of my man-made chisel-finishing stones - slurry looks the same, the box is similar (softwood, not old enough or professional enough to be made by a joiner, and saturated with oil by the look of it).

FWIW there are light grey thuringians as well as other colours.

Regards,
Neil

The box isnt joined at all, the cover of the hone was more or less drilled in to to create a hollow cover, I can see 4 circular marks on the bottom of the wooden cover.
More pictures coming right up.
Thanks

My phone camera isnt the best, I took load of pictures to give you an Idea, Im slightly confused now, I am looking at the stone and it looks yellowish greenish grey under a light. The stone to the left is my Thuringian hone. I will take more photos in the morning..

I just used slurried both stone, the unknow stone has a greenish yellowish greyish slurry. I noticed that both my Thuringian and Escher hone can build up a slurry to a point that the BOND bewteen the slurry stone and hone a cohesive, to a point that I can raise my hone off the table with the slurry stone bond to the hone for a few second, remember my hones isnt that large 5 x1.

I can not do the same for the yellowish, greenish greyish stone.. What is this? when I noticed the yellowish greenish grey colour, I thought I might be a Y/G Thuringian but the lack of bond isnt a good sign...

So any Ideas what it might be? I will up load some pictures in the morning under a better light condition.

More pictures this morning.. help me identify this stone

Vintage Green Thuringian Water Razor Hone

This is identical to my hone! I was so gutted I missed out on the escher hone, I picked this up at a tiny tiny tiny faction of the cost. I guess it true what they say, you dont lose the Gold you win the Silver.

http://www.strop-shop.co.uk/vintage-...-hone-89-p.asp

In this case, it's that you won a gold piece, instead of a gold coin. Seeing as how the only difference is in the markings on the face. Gold is still gold..labeled or otherwise.