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Thread: Hone found in old shaving Box. Any ideas of what it could be?

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    Skiffer är inget att hänga i granen
    "Shale is nothing to hang in the tree"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
    I got some hones with streaks like that, I thought they were shale.
    Any good way to tell Thuringian, Schwedenstein and Shale apart?
    The texture of a Thuringian is usually smooth whereas the texture of a Schwedenstein is patchy with tiny speckles. Here's a good close-up from Undream:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frameback View Post
    Skiffer är inget att hänga i granen
    "Shale is nothing to hang in the tree"
    Haha, it can actually be really nice, the vikings used it and nobody complained about their swords being dull!
    Hur Svenska stålet biter kom låt oss pröfva på.

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    I am in it with Piet and also if I am remebering right he was recently selling one of these razor/hone/strop boxes. Good find.

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