Thread: Here is my scotch hone

No Chris, he IS saying he wiped it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blood and guts, now that is a beauty

Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

No Chris, he IS saying he wiped it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blood and guts, now that is a beauty

I was drooling too hard to notice that he did mention that. That's one of the most beautiful stones I've seen. Very cool.

Chris L

It's 100% rinsed off, no trace of slurry. This Dalmore is a very unusual looking stone, and a useful one at 8x2 (Tam O'Shanter on the other side).

Told you!
What a weird pattern from mother nature?

Some more comparison shots. The three on the left I call water of Ayr, the three in the middle Tams and the far right is a dalmore blue. The very middle stone is labelled a 'white' tam and does look paler than the others. I would be really interested to see a pic of the 'mikado' or yellow dalmore if anybody has one. I also added a pic of a dalmore blue - lovely pattern - with a figured coticule just in from Howard - gorgeous stone.

Pattern on a couple of the stones is hard to see as I have not got round to lapping those particular ones.

cheers
Stephen

Nice stones, the DB is amazing. I've never seen anything like that before.
Your two "normal" Tams look pretty much like my skinny one, still very pretty.

I'll post a pic of my Dalmore Yellow this afternoon.

The DY is a little unusual in the Scotch lineup because it doesn't appear to be a slurry stone like the others. I may be mistaken about this and I'm no geologist. But I think it cuts likes Arkansas and Washita stones cut – that is, the stone is solid abrasive, rather than garnets or the like embedded in a slate matrix. You can actually feel the grit with your finger or fingernail (which in my experience is impossible with slurry stones, where what you're feeling with your finger is the smoothness of the slate matrix not the size of the garnets).

To the touch it feels similar to the Arkansas stones, somewhere in between a hard white and a Washita. It's a little faster than an Ark, thank God, but it won't be replacing my DMT any time soon.

C'mon Dylan, where is the porn?

I have a question that is slightly off topic. I've wondered for a long time - is it proper to describe something other than the whiskey as "Scotch"? Or should "Scotts" be used? Thanks.

Jordan

I know, I know.
No, I should have said Scottish hones......
American " Hey, Are you Scotch?"
Jock "Maybe, I drink enough of it"
Yep, I do crap jokes too!
M