Thread: Slate Hones on eBay

What do you guys think of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Slate-Sharpening...QQcmdZViewItem

Look cheap enough to try.

PuFF

I wonder how close slate comes to an Escher or a Thuringian? The color is very close but I doubt or don't know whether slate has garnets in its makeup .

Lol and I was freaked out by the $25 tag, especially if you include shipping an 8x3" piece of rock. I know that slate's used as backing for coticules but I wasn't aware of it being used for honing as well. This is the cue for one of the honemeisters to chime in

Do a search of thereads for Italian Slate Hones and you will find a discussion of these from 11/24/2006.

I think the seller said they were around 2500 grit. Slate is not normally a stone that contains garnets but is used for backing on Belgian Coticules. It is abrasive though but maybe more so than we need.

Tony

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Lol and I was freaked out by the $25 tag, especially if you include shipping an 8x3" piece of rock. I know that slate's used as backing for coticules but I wasn't aware of it being used for honing as well. This is the cue for one of the honemeisters to chime in

Remember it is Italian slate. I have heard of Italian slate used for sharpening, just not in razor context. Slates the world over will vary in stone content and grit size depending upon what type of mud they were way back when.

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

Do a search of thereads for Italian Slate Hones and you will find a discussion of these from 11/24/2006.

I think the seller said they were around 2500 grit. Slate is not normally a stone that contains garnets but is used for backing on Belgian Coticules. It is abrasive though but maybe more so than we need.

Tony

Thanks Tony. I can't believe that these stones will work for Kosher butchering. Also, of all the reading I have done on hones SLATE has never been brought up as a honer of razors until now.

One more time. I have that stone. I have used it for honing. It is not a 1000 grit. It is not a 4000 grit . It is finer. It is also slow as mud. Where does it fit in the honing process? As of now I do not know. I need to try it a lot more before I can come to any conclusion. It does work as a substrate, much like leather or wood does, for abrasive powders like rottenstone. But it does not hold the abrasive very long when used wet.

What they are selling is Italian slate that was used for pool table beds. I also have one made from Chinese slate.

Remember that both the Escher family of stones and the Belgian stone are quarried from a slate formation. The difference is in the differences! It is what else is in the baked clay mix that does the sharpeneing.

Hope this helps,