Polish hone?....

[randydance062449]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ose-ka-do-ostrze...QQcmdZViewItem

Hey all, has anyone used one of these hones? Nenad translated it to be a quartz based hone.
I got mine really cheap, about $6.50 with shipping, he has several listings.

Thoughts?

[mparker762]

hmm, dark grayish quartz-based hone.... Black Arkansas maybe?

[ToxIk]

Sounds interesting... I'm tempted by it's price too. Be sure to report when you get it Randy

[Zoidberg]

Very nice, do you know the average grit size?

It's coarser or finer than a Thuringen stone?

It's harder or softer?

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[blaireau]

Randy, please let us know what you think of the stone once you use it. Sounds like this may be one more arrow in the quiver!

[wojtec76]

it is my stone, I asked Pawel (paero123) for the help in English,forgive my English

-in Polish "łupek" are being named, I don't know the English counterpart
-it isn't arkansas, he is coming from the family of limestones but he isn't limestone
-It's coarser and softer than a belgian blue (i have blue cocitule)
- 4000 grit, but I can be wrong

[randydance062449]

it is my stone, I asked Pawel (paero123) for the help in English,forgive my English

-in Polish "łupek" are being named, I don't know the English counterpart
-it isn't arkansas, he is coming from the family of limestones but he isn't limestone
-It's coarser and softer than a belgian blue (i have blue cocitule)
- 4000 grit, but I can be wrong

So... are you the seller on Ebay?
Are these stones mined in Poland?
Are there any other fine stones in Poland?
For us hone junkies this is fun!
Thanks for the information!

[wojtec76]

stone is a black slate from Portugal

[randydance062449]

Thanks very much for the link to Wikipedia!
It was very interesting to see that an area in Germany called Thuringia is known for slate production. Hmmmm......

I will be looking forward to receiving the stone.

[Zoidberg]

it is my stone, I asked Pawel (paero123) for the help in English,forgive my English

-in Polish "łupek" are being named, I don't know the English counterpart
-it isn't arkansas, he is coming from the family of limestones but he isn't limestone
-It's coarser and softer than a belgian blue (i have blue cocitule)
- 4000 grit, but I can be wrong

It's possible to but one of those stones without ebay, or without bidding?

How much is the price?

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Matteo