Thread: Welsh Set of three stone

I bought the set of three Welsh stone in 152*76 mm.



From left to the right Dragon Tongue, Purple LLYN Melynllyn , Dark Green Gray Slate

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The price is good, that is the shipping cost which is a bit expensive, but the shipping is perfectly packed and by UPS. I paid more or less 80 euros but the set is also in 150*50 for more or less 56 euros shipping included.
DRAGON TONGUE.


That is something i know well because i use that sort of stone from more or less 1 year know. I took the first one on the link under.

Slate Honing Stones for sale by Inigo Jones
That stone need some lap work before to be used, but after that that is a great stone. The one I obtain with the set of three stone is already ready to hone with 152*76*10 mm. That is a hard stone, the slurry is done with the slurry stone offer with the set. The slurry lubricate well the stone and give some more cutting power. The work is fast with that stone and the size of the set is ok for most of the straight razor blade.
PURPLE LLYN MELYNLLYN



The stone is the same size than the dragon tongue, but the thickness is 20mm instead of 10mmn.
I think it’s more or less a 12-15k stone, the purple slurry done with the slurry stone is fast to do, the slide is sweet but you can feel the work on the steel. To be honest with a *60 magnifier you don’t see a real difference with the dragon tongue. But I think that with a more powerfull magnifier you can see the variation. That is a faster stone than the Chinese 12k I have from “open_razor”. It’s a hard stone interesting.
Dark Green / Gray Slate


The last one and the most fine from the kit. A 15k +. One more time it’s a hard stone from 2cm thick. The two side are laped as on the other stone. The one I obtained is more gray than green, the slurry is a bit gray and very light and almost milky, it lubricate the stone and improve the slide of the steel. The most interesting thing of that stone except the grit is the odor of a wet stone by rain heated by the sun before that. Really sweet odor.
I only honed 4 straight now. But the result after the three is great. No need to use leather before first shaving. The stone is ok by herself. The cut is smooth.

I’m very happy of that set, that is a very affordable set for somebody whose hone a lot of straight as I can do.

A nice set, enjoy them & thanks for sharing them with us.

We have a bunch of threads on those stone if you like to read for more information on how they work.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...te-stones.html
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...huringian.html
http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...ns-tongue.html

Realize the stones are a bang for the buck,but are they really any good,or smoke and mirrors??

I like them. Especially the so called 15K+

Originally Posted by mainaman

We have a bunch of threads on those stone if you like to read for more information on how they work.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...te-stones.html
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...huringian.html
http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...ns-tongue.html

Thank you for the link my post is just my feeling and feed back about those. the only thing that i could say, it's that they work for me and one the 115w8 i use . After even if the grit is not the one announced, it's not a problem, i have a clean and soft shaving with those stone

Those are nice, fun stones I have them as well. You will learn a lot about pressure and slurries from them. They are capable of much more that most can get out of them, if you take the time to learn them, as are all stones. As naturals each is a bit different but, are a good value for the money and a lot of fun.

Try some Smith’s Honing oil, I get it at Lowes for around 5 bucks to really squeak the most out of them.
Enjoy

Thank you for the advice . I will try various thing with the various slurry stone

I really love mine too

Those are all very appealing to the eyes.