Scotch Dual Hone - Water of Ayr & Tam O'Shanter

Got this in the mail today, I need to spend a few minutes with a DMT to clean it up. but is in great shape.

One side is 'Water of Ayr' Stone the other 'Tam O'Shanter' stone not bad for $20.00 :)
Keeping this one in my personal collection, and very excited about it.

I need to do a little more reading up, this is my first example of either stone, I have only had a it a few hours and need to figure out which side is the finer of the two... :)


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Great deal, great find. The WOA is the finer of the two. The Tam is the speckled side A.K.A. "snakestone".

Beautiful combo. Congrats.

crap i have been looking for one of those , i guess not that hard tho :(

Great find at an amazing price. Enjoy it!!!

Wow! that is a great stone!
JimmyHAD has it right. The dark side is the WOA and the finest .
One of our guys, Coully ( Simon Coul) who hails from Scotland visited the mine and purchased a stone just like yours from the owner Kenneth Montgomerie. It then went to JimmyHAD and then to me! :). It is a great combo hone that is very hard to find. I value mine at $300 plus but will never sell it.

BTW, the TOS , when used with a slurry, is the best 6000 grit stone I have ever found and very, very useful. The WOA side is a finishing side. Have fun playing with it.

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Originally Posted by randydance062449

The WOA side is a finishing side. Have fun playing with it.

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It is rumored that Randy sleeps with it under his pillow ! :gaah: :rofl2:

Nice score. The Tam is very useful for edges that are prone to microchipping.

Congratulation sidmind,

thats a really great hone, enjoy playing with it. I really like to use them, the TOS first and than the WOA before my Thuringians. The WOA is fine enough as an endfinisher so you don't really need a Thuringian as follow up, depending on the steel of the razor you hone. I like the thuringian smootheness a little bit more than that the WOA gives. But this is depending of the person that is honing.

What size is yours?

I got a comparable one, with 7 x 1 3/4 inch.



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I have paid......... well a little bit more than you for my hone. I think Randydance is in the right range with his price suggestion, you can pay even more - if you are lucky enough to find one!!

So again - enjoy!

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Originally Posted by randydance062449

Wow! that is a great stone!
JimmyHAD has it right. The dark side is the WOA and the finest .
One of our guys, Coully ( Simon Coul) who hails from Scotland visited the mine and purchased a stone just like yours from the owner Kenneth Montgomerie. It then went to JimmyHAD and then to me! :). It is a great combo hone that is very hard to find. I value mine at $300 plus but will never sell it.

BTW, the TOS , when used with a slurry, is the best 6000 grit stone I have ever found and very, very useful. The WOA side is a finishing side. Have fun playing with it.

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randy way to keep price's down buddy ! damn it i got dual hone envy:rant: