Thread: OK fellahs...Naaaamme thaaat hooooone!!!!

I feel targeted, but nevertheless your pics are good! Im thinking it could be a Lyn Idwall......

Evil Betty

A better view of the side of the hone would help me guess! Hindustan from the side if I am really seeing layers and they are not just a reflection of my ignorance!
~Richard

Originally Posted by Geezer

A better view of the side of the hone would help me guess! Hindustan from the side if I am really seeing layers and they are not just a reflection of my ignorance!
~Richard

I was thinking that as well Richard but never heard of a Hindostan that is Olive green?
So Justin does it have layers on the sides?

You know what it reminds me more of than anything else? A ceramic barber hone. If not for the trapezoidal shape, and totally not standard size of the thing, I'd say that's what it was. I bought it thinking it was the top half of a coticule. I had imaginings of a nice paddle hone, with this guy as the centerpiece.

I guess it could be an LI..I really don't know. I've only seen a few pictures here in the forums. Never held or honed on one.

It's pretty consistent for color. It's got a few darker swirls in there in a few spots. No layering that I can see. No saw marks, no chisel marks, no markings at all. I thought they used LI's with oil though. This stone didn't have any oil on it at all.

JimmyHAD thinks it kryptonite, but that can't be, cause I feel fine.

The stones accompanying it are hindostan(I think), blue thuri, and a coticule. The possible hindos could also just be layered sandstone. They don't match any UK description for hindostan that I've read, aside from the layering.

what are the dimensions?
This one does not look like a Jnat at all. Jnats have saw marks on the sides.
Test it with some acid (just a drop) if it is a synthetic of some kind, if it is it will start to foam at the spot and smell.

Your probably right, sure would explain why its so hard to lap.
The stone with the layers is a Hindostan.