Most beautiful stone?

Hey all,

So I was just wondering, what stone do you find to be the most beautiful? I'm not talking about performance, but merely aethestic quality. I'm not going to limit the question to naturals, but I have a feeling a lot (all) of the preferrences will be for natural stones.

So far, the stones I have are a norton 220/1000, 4000/8000, a 6" x 1 1/4" coticule combo, a 8" x 2" coticule, and a 5" x 1 1/8" y/g thuringian. Performance aside, I think the coticule can be the most beautiful stone there is. The colour of it can be magnificant, and the pattern on the surface? Truly gorgeous!! So my vote is for the Belgian coticule. :D

So what do you think the most beautiful stone out there is?

Dave

I'm at work so I can't post a pic but my pink natural coticule. I also find the Dalmore Blue to be an attractive stone.

My vintage 150+ year old coticule natural combo that I'll be passing down to the next generation:
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My Nakayama Asagi is probably my most unique and aesthetically interesting.
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Dalmore Blues are amazing as well. I have one but don't have pics.

Chris L

Wow, nice stones, thanks for sharing!

So I must admit I've never heard of a Dalmore Blue before, so I will DEFINITELY need to see a picture of one of those.

Jimmy, I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of your pink coticule a while back on some thread....well it was someone's at least! But definitely a very beautiful stone.

Someone posted pics of a Dalmore Blue fairly recently. We had a big discussion about them. A search should bring it up. Beautiful swirled pattern.

Chris L

One of my natural Japanese stones really stands out. Sorry, no pic's now. I think it is an asagi, one step down from a finishing stone. Basically a white stone with streaks of maroon/red/gold.

My opinion only but I think the Japanese 'Karasu' are the most beautiful hones out there.

Here's an example:

http://fujibato.com/c1/toishi/takashima/1.jpg http://fujibato.com/c1/toishi/takashima/2.jpg http://fujibato.com/c1/toishi/takashima/3.jpg

Old_School, your correct, it is a suita.

Sorry, brain fade:gaah:

Here is a Dalmore Blue, a striped coticule and my pink natural coticule. A splash of water to better show the figure in the first two and only on half of the pink for an idea of the color dry and wet. Lovely stones posted by Chris, Zeth and Old School. :tu

i thought this 2 stones will belong to tis list,second stone don't know what it is i just call green stone

The Japanese collect stones strictly based on the color and patterns in the stone. Some go for thousands of dollars.

That Karasu stone I pictured is listed for sale a $3000. See here

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That Karasu stone I pictured is listed for sale a $3000. See here

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My goodness ! :eek: Have to be a CEO to afford rocks like that. :w

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That Karasu stone I pictured is listed for sale a $3000. See here

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Looks real good! Slice me off a chunk! :eek::D

all those stones are awesome fellas, can't beat the beauty of a natural work of God!:)

The stones shown are truly gems and my thanks to those who posted the very educational pictures. While certainly not comparable, this is my prettiest hone. At first I thought it was just a black Arkansas with inclusions but with some effort it produces a light gray slurry. I wetted it to enhance the figure, another mystery stone.http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/pickin/MVC-811F.JPG

Guys - they are certainly lovely, but there is one who is in another league entirely. Sharon.

Regards,
Neil

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Guys - they are certainly lovely, but there is one who is in another league entirely. Sharon.

Regards,
Neil

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That is quite a coincidence! I also named my hone Sharon.

The most visually beautiful hone in my collection is a Charnley Forest. It is a greenish color with dark maroon swirls and it looks very mysterious. Coticules with figure are also right up there and I've seen figure that varies from bacon stripes to what looks like Chinese characters. I also have a Blue Dalmore that is very pretty.

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I don't know what you have, but Asagi is blue. I have seen one which matches that description but the price was through the roof. It's definitely one I'd like to own even if its just to look at and not finish on.

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Mine is blue.

These pics don't do it justice though. There's an irridescence to the stone when it's wet that the camera doesn't really capture.

Absolutely stunning stone, MParker. You're right, I never would have thought that the second picture showed a stone with iridescence since like you said the camera can't didn't pick it up. I have an idea of how beautiful it might be in person only because the Belgian Blue side of my combo coticule I've posted in this thread also has pearly iridescence that just lights up when it's wet. I can't get the camera to show it either.

Chris L