Thread: What kind of stone is this?

It's described as a Canadian oil-stone, but no more info is given. It's supposed to be used as a sharpening tool for cut-throats, but I would still like to know things like the grit number etc. Do you lot think I'll be okay as a newbie with some sharpening and metalworking experience to use this on my first cut-throat?

C'mon! This stone surely can't stump our rather learned group of stone heads!

Bump for our Canadian friend looking for some help!

(Sorry I can't help, I'm not among the learned group of stone heads mentioned above.)

Originally Posted by Stuggi

It's supposed to be used as a sharpening tool for cut-throats

Does the box say it's for razors? It looks like a tool sharpening stone and too coarse for razors.

They are sold for razors, that's all I know.

Look here and here.

This one (it dosn't seems to be yours) is rated at 1500 grit.

They sell two types.

I never could find one in Canada (I looked on the Web weeks ago just for fun).

Regards

McKie

Sadly I'm not from Canada, nor have I seen one of these in person, but it looks like a two-piece affair and reminds me of the two-piece water-stones I use to sharpen axes and other tools, and those would probably be able to get an edge on a cut-throat if they where big enough. I'm thinking of getting one of these and have a go on it, it's only 15 euros so it's not that much money...

It says in the description that this is a silicon carbide stone. THis material does not get fine enough to sharpen a razor, I would expect the fine side of that stone to be about 600 grit, ( thats six hundred grit) and the rough side to be about half that.

Seeing a company blatantly lie about their product and its uses just makes me sick. I wish there were some way to bring them to justice for the damage they do to straight razors with their falsehoods.

By the way that 1500 grit Natural stone looks like a medium Arkansas, in which case it isn'e even as useful for razors as the Col. Conk hone

Okay, then I'll steer clear of that stone. What stone would do you think I should get, the norton 4k/8k or one of them Belgian stones, or maybe the 12k? I can't buy much more than one stone so I'm kinda stuck (since I want to do it properly and I have the notion that you would need 1.5k, 4k. 8k and 12k stones to be really sucessful at honing razors...)

Would this stone work for setting the bevel on a straight? Like before a BBW, and then finish on a coticule?