Thread: I hadn't really considered this

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Laugh if you will but I have toyed with it on a lark. Bricks often have too many pocket inclusions, plus they have little chunks of aggregate, at least the couple I've tried. The trick is finding a brick you can set a bevel on. After lapping enough to hone on they were a little fine and hard for bevel set.
I am still keeping my eyes open for one that has even enough continuity and absence of pockets to actually work. I got a little distracted from that experiment which may be a fools errand anyway.

I think many of the natural honing stones we use may have been quarried for use as roofing or floor tiles or even as pavers. I know Vermont Green, Vermio and others started their useful lives that way and became hones only because someone thought to try them out. We have a few rock hounds among us who are aways on the look out for a new potential hone when hiking in the wilderness.

Go for it Paul.

Originally Posted by DZEC

...We have a few rock hounds among us who are aways on the look out for a new potential hone when hiking in the wilderness.

I can relate to that. It's a side effect of HAD. Suddenly every rock you see is a potential hone.