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Piet, you are too right about that! I have the original box but the stone has come unglued - you can see it used to be like a mini paddle that one can open up. What do you recommend to re bond the...

Impressive little stone is my summary. I only wish I had a larger one, for this is tiny, yet it produces a better edge for me than a Charnley and comparable to my Escher after a mere 50 laps...

I received it today. It is tiny. Very small - 91mm x 23mm x 3mm thick. (3.6 inches by just under an inch)

Here it is prior to lapping.
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Post lapping.
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It lapped fairly easily...

Looks like this one will need some serious flattening. I thought the pitch may have just fallen into the box as the seller claims it is loose - your experience with it is scaring my DMT8C as I type...

Excellent news. So it has the potential to be up there with the Eschers? 12-16K range was far more than I expected. I thought it would be like a Tam O'shanter in the 6-8K range.

Im astonished by your knowledge of hones. Your like a hone encyclopedia. I actually won that hone - I put in a bid that I never expected to win. HAD has me and I can't stop wanting all the natural...

VINTAGE AYERSHIRE POCKET HONE SHARPENING STONE - eBay (item 330444571009 end time Jun-26-10 11:07:15 PDT)

Thoughts on this? Vintage Ayreshire pocket hone. Could this be a Water of Ayr?
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