Interesting 1734 French hone on ebay, bidding has ended by now so I feel happy to post about it. I hope it went to a member. I was outbid I am afraid.
Rare Ancienne Pierre À Aiguiser Datée DE 1734 ART Populaire Rasoir Coupe Choux | eBay
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Interesting 1734 French hone on ebay, bidding has ended by now so I feel happy to post about it. I hope it went to a member. I was outbid I am afraid.
Rare Ancienne Pierre À Aiguiser Datée DE 1734 ART Populaire Rasoir Coupe Choux | eBay
Some of you might hate me for this but as iam still in the research of the Special Stones and La Lune razor hones this step is needed.
So this is a picture of another Special Stone i got the last week. This was prepared to be sent to a university to create a thin cut from it...
Iam actually in the process to create a cooperation with a geologist.
Goal will be to dig deeper into geological / petrographic facts on some of the well known razors hones and sharpening stones. This mean surface measurement, thin cuts and analysis probably followed my high rez / SEM pictures.
We all have different descriptions for some of the stones. Is is a slate? Is it mud slate ? Is it shale? I also expect evaluated results what type of stones we talk about under a geological aspect...
I actually cant report too much, but i will create a seperate post about the project and then update the cooperations status.
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Gents
Can we sticky this thread so it doesnt get lost one day? These stones are rare and dont show up everyday.
I am very curious to see the results.
Since it's for the name of science, and, if the research does show results, then I suppose you can be forgiven.
Do be careful though, you are walking on a thin line and mistakes will get you to hone hell. A nasty place with blunt knives and rare stakes, I wouldn't want to go there. Also, devil's pitchfork causes blunt trauma.
Still, at some point someone had to do it. I've also tried cooperating with a geologist here for some local stones but their knowledge on what I was searching for was somewhat lacking.
I have also thought about sending out samples of hone for geological assaying but have access to very few samples due to a weak HAD, but think that this is a positive move. I applaud your motivation to do this. Thank you.
Thanks Shaun actually this time it is less more on my side...i was the initial fire to start with that request....
More is based on my counterpart who seems to be really interested to further more research this topics....i dont have to tell that researching is an expensive process especially dealing with high tecnical processes and instruments. Thin cuts fex. do cost around 30-50€ per sample without a full driven analytic and SEM pictures. So iam really grateful that there seems to be a way to go...as said i cant tell how far we come and what results we might expect. But i just love to try go this way....
Today I received a stone, this one labelled "La Lorraine." It seems very hard. The label is sealed with epoxy. It was described in the details listing to be on par with a coticule edge, abet a bit slower. I just did a test run on a terrible gold dollar, and as wonky as that blade is, I was able to pop badger hair rather quickly. All in all, maybe a 5 minute hone session. Some have described this hone as a fast as all hell BBW, and that comparison seems, at least at first impression, accurate. These are french hones eh?
My method—
1. Start with a nice thick slurry. Not dry. Start with circles to gather the slurry.
2. 10-15 X strokes
3. Dip the razor in a cup of water
4. 10-15 X strokes
5. Repeat, repeat repeat.
6. Suction begins to appear...
7. 5 X-strokes
8. Dip the razor in water
9. better suction now, shiny bevel
10. 20-30 X strokes, weight of the blade.
Great First Impression!
Those are Stones from Belgium....
I really like La Lorraine!
There is also a Belgian Lorraine ;-)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Lorraine
The Lorraine hones coming from the coticule quarries in Belgium. The Lorraine is a seperate layer within the quarries, not a coticule, not a BBW, a special layer. They are normaly a bit faster then the "average" coticule but not as fine as a real selected coticule layer.
Good stones anyway - have fun with honing!
Thanks Doorsch! I thought it was a belgian stone in my hands.
It didn't come with a slurry stone, but a long time ago I bought a similar "la lorraine" stone, about .75 x. 3, perfect size for slurry.
I did notice that the stone is indeed slower than my coticule, with perhaps less feedback.
In your experience do these stones auto-slurry much?
Pierre La Lune "Extra Fine", 4 x 2 x 0.7":
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Nice & fine hone, good feedback and good results :).
Cheers
Jörg
Here is one i got last week from France, it measures 17x4x2cm. It only shows a very faint stamping...
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Wanted to add that shot here, interesting here is the color variances of some of the stones, as you can see in most cases there are two types of coloration.
one turns into a purple/red coloration where the others seems to look blueish/violet.
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Finally got one, very fine and dense(heavy). I have been looking for one for some time now.
It has over 30 of those green marks, from dots to specs to what I can only discribe as wafting smoke only tuquoise green in color. Most of it can only be seen when wet and in daylight. Not even a flashlight can bring it out. I only lapped the top and it brings out a hard to discribe hollowgraphic look. Almost like something is bellow the surface sparkly but really tiny and very closely packed together look. Verry hard to describe truthfully. I have used it once and gave a good shave with glycerin and soapy water with only a litte irritation in my sesitive spots. Next time will definately use camelia oil as I use on all my arkies. Just wanted to gve glycerin a shot but like all my other side by sides tests oil always wins in the end.
What do you guys all think of this one? Is it French or Welsch, what say you. It gives a really nice edge, so regardless I am happy and I find this beautiful.
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Thanks,
Jason
That is a purple "Pierre La Lune" :D