Favourite Stone Picture Thread

[0livia]

But this is a piece of glass and a tile!

(Doing everything to keep HAD at bay and just kidding of course, but please don't post a DMT cause it is definetely not a stone, LOL)

[JimmyHAD]

Some more hone porn..... I had planned on posting the photos below in a dedicated thread telling of my cutting a slurry stone from my beloved pink coticule. I used a hacksaw with a carbide impregnated wire/blade shown in one of the photos. This pink coti is a natural and the flip side is a gray color and harder than a blue. I haven't yet determined where it fits in to a honing progression but it is definitely a finisher if it is usable at all. The slurry stone works really well on the pink side.

[DwarvenChef]

Don't take this post as a flame

Is it just me or could you hear the poor stone screaming , way bigger stones than I Jimmy I'm sure you, or anyone doing this, has a great reason to do this. I just have no idea what it is. Maybe because I don't use a slurry on my stones, I have the same slurry stone that came with another hone for many years. I just don't feel the need for a slurry.

That said, thanks for the pics of the process. Interesting blade you used, heard of them but never saw one before.

[JimmyHAD]

Don't take this post as a flame

Is it just me or could you hear the poor stone screaming , way bigger stones than I Jimmy I'm sure you, or anyone doing this, has a great reason to do this. I just have no idea what it is. Maybe because I don't use a slurry on my stones, I have the same slurry stone that came with another hone for many years. I just don't feel the need for a slurry.

That said, thanks for the pics of the process. Interesting blade you used, heard of them but never saw one before.

I began to experiment with slurry on a Tam O'Shanter at Randydance's suggestion. Then Bart's posts influenced me in trying it on the coticule. Instructions on the Escher labels also had an influence on me and the fact that most Eschers came with a slurry stone.

So I tried a slurry on the fore mentioned stones and found that it is benificial IME for some parts of the progression. There are stones that I don't use a slurry with and I always finish with water only. As far as cutting that piece off of my pink coticule, it was longer than I needed it to be for the stroke I use. I like to use a slurry stone from the same rock if possible and it all fit so well in the box that it came in. I iknow what you mean though, and I had to think long and hard before finally deciding to cut it.

[ChrisL]

You're a dangerous man who likes to live on the edge, Jimmy. Wow! I also winced at the sight of all that pink coticule blood that was flowing from that stone.

I have cut some stones using EXACTLY the same method you used though and it worked quite well when near perfect accuracy wasn't a factor.

Chris L

[JimmyHAD]

You're a dangerous man who likes to live on the edge, Jimmy. Wow! I also winced at the sight of all that pink coticule blood that was flowing from that stone.

I have cut some stones using EXACTLY the same method you used though and it worked quite well when near perfect accuracy wasn't a factor.

Chris L

It was kind of scary Chris but having thought about it for some time once I made the decision to go ahead I was "on a mission".