Thread: Tam O'Shanter

Well guys I have had some stones on order now since october , now i know they take a while to do so I cut him a bit of slack there as he is the only guy there and he does it all, the cutting, smoothing and finishing and then the QC on them so it is a long process start to finish.

At the moment i have been unable to contact him and the BT answer service lets me know that his box is full, a bit of a nightmare, he does take holidays but as he is getting on a bit I do wonder...so some of my questions go unanswered as yet. But heres hoping...maybe i can catch him next week.

Thanks for your interest guys I appreciate it, keep an eye on e-bay australia as they do come up on there occasionally.

regards,simon

In the meantime anyone who wants to buy a 6 x 2 Tam O'Shanter (with box and rubbing stone) in NOS condition can PM me. I have one that's lapped flat on all surfaces with edges chamfered, but is otherwise unused.

The only reason I haven't used it and am willing to sell it is that I have two other Tam O'Shanter combo stones.

These are great stones.

well as of today still unconfirmed I am however still trying, but i have made a wee discovery so to speak, more on that later when I take pictures. i still have some TOS left for anyone interested.

regards,simon

Hmm,

I love my TOS I got from you Simon, I would like to see a picture or link to a picture of the combo stones if anyone has one

Thanks,
Neale

Originally Posted by coully

well as of today still unconfirmed I am however still trying, but i have made a wee discovery so to speak, more on that later when I take pictures. i still have some TOS left for anyone interested.

regards,simon

Hey, tell us about that wee discovery!

I've gotten a lot of PMs about the extra TOS I had for sale; it's been sold.

Simon, do you happen to have any extra slurry stones for sale?

recived a TOS from Coully today.....now I'm courious about this "wee discovery"

I'm just a new guy, but the story behind these stones is really interesting and hearing everybody singing their praises makes me want to pick one up, just to have around when I start to hone on my own.

Ah, early stages of AD.

Originally Posted by fazaymin

I'm just a new guy, but the story behind these stones is really interesting and hearing everybody singing their praises makes me want to pick one up, just to have around when I start to hone on my own.

Ah, early stages of AD.

If I were you I would pick up some other stones like the Norton and/or belgians which I feel are more workhorse type stones before getting this one.

Originally Posted by heavydutysg135

If I were you I would pick up some other stones like the Norton and/or belgians which I feel are more workhorse type stones before getting this one.

That's what I was leaning towards, but you cinched it. Thanks for the recommendation

(Plus, getting any hone in the first place still satisfies my American consumer-lust, but that's a different matter)

I'll have to tell my friend about these stones, he'll appreciate them as a bag-piping knife-lover.

I think Tony Miller carries Tams. The ones I have are my study collection specimens.