"Natural Whetsone" from ToolShop
I thought some of you might get a kick out of this one.
I ordered a "Natural Whetstone" from www.toolshop.de in Germany. I got it today. Upon opening it, I discovered it had a small chip out of one corner, about 13mm x 8mm x 2mm(deep). It was on the camphered side. I wasn't real concerned, but I though I'd let Stefan at Tool Shop know that it was there when it was wrapped. There were no loose chips in the inner package, meaning whomever inspected it or wrapped it missed the missing chip. I just figured the owner or manager would want to know these things. :thinking: He didn't seem too concerned. His response:
"These used to have chips out of them. - and that these are more of a feature than a bug"
:roflmao :roflmao :roflmao :roflmao I couldn't stop laughing. I never heard of such a thing.
Oh, well.........:shrug:
I used it right away on a razor I was having a little difficulty cleaning up the bevel on. It came with a small stone for slurry. I used it between my 4K Blue Belgium and the Yellow Coticul. It seemed to work pretty well, as I did, eventually, get a great shave from the razor.
Question? If this is, indeed, a stone somewhat similiar to a Thuringen, would this be the order I would use this stone (between the 4K & the 8K)?
Steve