Thread: French Hones

Originally Posted by doorsch

Thanks again for your Update on the "Pierre aux Croissants", you know that i mentioned the correlation to the Pierre de Pyrenees....here are some samples i own of these type of stones....these are very hard stones and i takes a lot of work to lap them.

They show these crystal/metallic inclusions which look less fine then the "Special Stones"

I rated mine between 6k to near 10k depending on the stone itself. I prefer oil or glycerine on those...

Done with great pleasure!
And yes, absolutely! As I see these pics, and the striking resemblance (and hardness),
(I think) the pierre "Aux Croissants" tends to be more like a "pierre de Pyrenees" then a "La Lune",
the mention "concurrent" of "La lune" could possibly mean that these stones also had different grades?
Maybe "medium fine", "fine", "super fine" (like mine),...?

Being not as fine as my Jnat's, the estimated grit would be around 10K, maybe a bit finer, but not as much

Originally Posted by Fikira

Done with great pleasure!
And yes, absolutely! As I see these pics, and the striking resemblance (and hardness),
(I think) the pierre "Aux Croissants" tends to be more like a "pierre de Pyrenees" then a "La Lune",
the mention "concurrent" of "La lune" could possibly mean that these stones also had different grades?
Maybe "medium fine", "fine", "super fine" (like mine),...?

Being not as fine as my Jnat's, the estimated grit would be around 10K, maybe a bit finer, but not as much

Yesi think there were different Qualities available...also the fineness depends on how fine the stone is lapped..try to lapp it with a 400WD paper and see what happens....