Thread: Banded/Layered Hone ID

Originally Posted by eleblu05

what type of flatting stones do you have or sand paper ?

I used about 3 meters of this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...d=220854065026

Followed by 200 grit wet/dry and then a worn dmt 325.

I have wet/dry up to 2000 grit, most of the time I just rub stones against each other to keep them fairly smooth after initial lapping.

If I can ever be arsed I'll lap the other faces of the which might give a better idea of the stone. In the meantime mine doesn't look much like your Hindostan at all, to my eyes.

thats a good set up i would use your 325 lightly then go to a knife to see if the grit issue go's a way ,if so finish the stone off with your 2000 grit sandpaper.

your stone is darker most hindostans look like they have been coffee stained or orange in color

They do clean up nice, here's mine after lapping cleaning with oven cleaner and boiling in water to get stains and oil out of it the outcome was a nice finisher.

I've not done boiling it in water, I feel a plan forming.......

I dont think I would boil a stone, just doesnt sound right to me. Soak in some water with a degreasing soap such as Dawn, or a petro solvent like carb cleaner.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I dont think I would boil a stone, just doesnt sound right to me. Soak in some water with a degreasing soap such as Dawn, or a petro solvent like carb cleaner.

Of course just what i want to do is hone my razors on a stone impregnated with carb cleaner!

Actually I meant to say brake cleaner, that stuff dissolves gunk fast and then evaporates.

When the charnley forrest craze first hit SRP I was frequenting UK internet antique tool sites looking for them. What I found interesting was the many vintage Arkansas stones they had come up for sale in the UK.

Apparently those fellows back 100 years ago were no different than we are in chasing the 'finer' edge with what were for them exotic stones. IIRC the hindostan came out of a small area in Indiana in the USA. Used for tombstones back when there was plenty of the stuff around. Anyway, cool stone.