Stone found in France(Alsace) near Germany.

Hello Gentlemen,

Here is my last honing stone.
I bought it in Alsace(region of France near german border as you may already know), this departement is located between LEs Vosges La lorraine and Germany, three places
where we generally find good natural whetstone!

Pictures!

http://img99.xooimage.com/files/0/c/...60-419db28.gif

I'd say, it's not really flat.
http://img95.xooimage.com/files/2/a/...61-419dbdd.gif

http://img99.xooimage.com/files/2/c/...62-419dbfc.gif

http://img97.xooimage.com/files/3/1/...63-419dc11.gif



As you can see, the stone has been roughly used, so I decided to flat the straightest side.
A dark grey slurry appeared. The green spot is painting.
http://img98.xooimage.com/files/c/5/...67-419dc42.gif

After a few minutes some natural spots came out on one face and the side.
http://img96.xooimage.com/files/8/0/...73-419dc9e.gif

http://img99.xooimage.com/files/d/c/...74-419dcd3.gif

The work is not finished!

What do you think, is that a schwedenstein; a german slate as Thuringian or may be a basic french slate??
I saw nearly the same stone on ebay/Germany, with the same wooden box!

Most probably a thuringian waterwhetstone. Congrats :beer1:

Look here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...y-my-hone.html

Thank you Hatzicho! I missed that thread! Indeed those stones are very similar!

My mistake! I didn't post in the correct place, I wanted to put in Hones, not Honing!

Anyway, here is a new picture, the stone is flat but not not lapped!
It was faster than I thought, it only took me 1H30 to give a straight surface with 180 grit paper.
http://img97.xooimage.com/files/e/2/...75-41a45b0.gif