Thread: Pierre La Lune

I posted a thread a while ago about some french hones I bought and we discussed about “The special stone for good razors� and the “La Lune stone�.

I read some other really good threads about this kind of stone and finally came to the conclusion that this two stones - Special stone and La Lune - are quite the same with the typical bluish metallic shining, sometimes a bit different in colour.

I also posted pictures in the French hone thread about a stone with the label “Pierre de Lorraine rouge� and the experts concluded that this is a special kind of coticule or coticule layer.

So far everything perfect.

Now I bought a labeled Pierre La Lune and expected to receive a Special stone with the typical metallic surface.




Quelle surprise – the stone that came in was a purplish stone that reminds me much on the La Lorraine stone, but not on the special stone.





The Lorraine stone is a bit more going into red colour, the La Lune more purplish - reminds from the colour on the Lyn Melynllyn stones. The pattern and textures is a bit more distinguished on the Lorraine stone but in general comparable.




The La Lune has purplish slurry. I have not tried honing yet.

Pierre La Lune – also a (kind of) coticule?

Nice looking stone! The "Pierre La Lune" and "Special Stone" and "Fox Stone", are to my knowledge all from the same area in Vosgiennes France.
If i remember correctly Piet found a "Pierre La Lune" that was manmade.

Very nice hones!
I need to get one of those for my Le Grelots, to hone a fine French razor on a German hone just feels... wrong!
When honing them on an Escher you can really hear the undertones of who started what and bla bla...

Both the Special stone and the La Lune come in 2 colours, purple and grey. I have a purple slate from the UK, which I initially thought to be a Vosgienne, which is very close to my purple La Lunes in colour and texture. Because it's cut similar to a thin YL it's probably not from France. The Fox hones have a significant different texture imo.

Congrats on that La Lune, they're hard to find.

Well the texture of the La Lune is clearly different from the YL ones. It is really more like the Lorraine hone I posted.

On the rough side with the label, the stone also reminds me on the other Lorraine stone that was posted in this thread:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...whetstone.html

Well interestingly you will find that the stones La Lorraine, and Vosgiennes all come from the same region in France.

Very nice, thank you for sharing, Let us know what you think of their performance Hatzicho. Here are a few more. Piet, don't be stingy, lets see some of your collection.
MIke

Someone needs to give me one of these

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Someone needs to give me one of these

Get in line will you...
Someday we will, someday!

I got this stone today, is this also a La Lune / Pierre de Lorraine Rouge?
It measures 12cm x 6cm.