Thread: Mississippi Hone

Hi

i have talket with an old barber and he told me aboud a stone wich is called mississippi hone he explained me, that this hone is a finisher and he always finishes his razors on that hone.
i have never heared aboud that hone does someone have informations aboud it?

the stone looks like a transulate wight arkansas (but i do not try him out)

thank you for your help

daniel

ps. its a german barber

I think you're right about it being an Ark. Pictures would help though.

Hi

i can not post pictures becouse the barber uses his stone as long he worked as a barber! and he would not give that stone away

Originally Posted by FilarmonicaFreak

Hi

i can not post pictures becouse the barber uses his stone as long he worked as a barber! and he would not give that stone away

But you can ask him to take only some pictures.


Maybe is possible that with the time the barber had make some confusion between Arkansas and Mississippi but at the end is the same stone.

http://up.picr.de/12998805jp.jpg

I've never held one but looks like every other example of a translucent ark i've seen.

There is a really cool thread about arkansas stones being imported into germany, check it out here.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...as-stones.html

Like supposed is a translucent Arkansas, usually are used with oil but works also with water.

Hi

they look verry similar to the hone

thank you

Hi Daniel,

that surely looks like an old translucent ark. Which size is it?
Can you remove it from the box and look at the backside?

I have purchased some of these stones also from cutlers and barbers in the thuringian area.

Attached some detailed pictures from two stones, that seem to be comparable.

As already mentioned, most of these old translucent arks are much better than the new mined ones, even for straight razor honing.

Modine has also reported some great information on these stones at:
Translucent Arkansas stone-A few questions

So the famous Mississippi stone is novaculite and a finisher. Anyone who knows about them, or has any old scripts or books about that stone? How do we distinguish them from the Translucent Arkansases? We know, like, everything there is about Jnats and UK hones but nobody knows about the Mississippi stones?