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Yet another hone ID thread!!!
I know you rock hounds love to have our heads picked and your knowledge tested, so here are two rocks I found in some houses I was working on. The first one, I found last week. It was dirty as hell, but proved to be pretty flat when I lapped it, which makes me think it wasn't used for any heavy grinding, and may actually be suitable for razors. It actually gave off a creamy kind of slurry, very similar to coticule slurry, when I lapped it. The measures about 11"x2".
The second hone is much smaller, about 5"x1". I found it a while back. It is the smaller of the two in the pic. The larger one is a NOS Thuringian I bought from Kees. The hone has a slightly grey/green tinge to it as opposed to the charcoal black of the Thuringian. It has a few scratch marks on it even after lapping. I think it may have been used to sharpen fishing hooks or something.
So, any ideas on what they might be?
And before you all say, have a go on them and see what they are like, know that I am a very novice honer and have learned that too much variety is a bad thing for the novice. I am sticking with the Norton until I am competent enough to try other hones.
Connor