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10-05-2012, 09:15 PM #1Senior Member
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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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10-05-2012, 09:24 PM #2Senior Member
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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".
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10-05-2012, 10:26 PM #3Senior Member
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Beautiful combo. Congrats.
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10-06-2012, 01:10 AM #4Senior Member
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crap i have been looking for one of those , i guess not that hard tho
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10-06-2012, 03:13 AM #5Senior Member
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Great find at an amazing price. Enjoy it!!!
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10-06-2012, 03:07 PM #6Hones & Honing
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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.Disburden likes this.Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin
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10-06-2012, 03:14 PM #7Senior Member
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It is rumored that Randy sleeps with it under his pillow !
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10-06-2012, 03:18 PM #8
Nice score. The Tam is very useful for edges that are prone to microchipping.
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10-06-2012, 04:49 PM #9Preserver of old grinding methods
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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.
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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10-07-2012, 12:46 AM #10Senior Member
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randy way to keep price's down buddy ! damn it i got dual hone envy 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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