Thread: Stone Identification

I know its just a picture but can anyone tell what this is its small 4x2 and glued to a piece of slate it is kinda yellowish white.

Clean it up and I bet you will find a beautiful coticule under all the dirt.

Looks kind of like a pinkish coticule. I'm very interested to see how it cleans up. Be sure to post pics after all the grime is cleaned off!

+1. That's a Coticule.

what is the best way to clean it? The stone was my fathers who passed away in 1992. He moved to the US in 1960 from France. I called my mother and she remembered the stone but could not remember anything about where it came from, she said he had it for as long as she could remember.

I was sharpening kitchen knifes with my DMTs and remembered it was in a gun cabinet he built. I ran down to the basement and lo and behold there it was. I did sand it a little before the picture was taken.

The best way to clean it is to lap it.

I'd give it a lapping session on a DMT-C, under a running tap.
This will ensure the hone is flat enough for razors and it removes whathever it is on top of the hone. You can read about lapping in the wiki: Hone Lapping 101 - Straight Razor Place Wiki

The first part deals about lapping on sandpaper, the second about lapping with the DMT. I don't think you'd have much work on that stone.

Bart.

Thats crazy, I remember that stone, would have never guessed what it was though. I swear man, the random stuff you come up with kills me. Lucky lucky.

Seeing as it's an old stone, maybe it isn't a slate backing on the coticule, but a belgian blue. I would try to give the bottom a light lapping to see. If the slurry is purplish blue, it's not slate but a belgian blue, which would be a nice addition also.

Thanks everyone I am looking forward to cleaning it up some. Never would have guessed I would have something like that laying around.