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I have not made a stone following the plans from the Henley's book.

I did a seat of the pants experiment of mixing hot hide glue and rottenstone (cheaper that chromium oxide for playing around)...

Gelatin, hide glue, fish glue, rabbit skin glue, they are similar, it is all just a matter of degrees. I have tried to make stones with hide glue mixtures.

The Henley’s formula book is a good one,...

Here are the pics from my last attempt. It was chromium oxide with 20% powdered shellac. I was going for a weak bound porous stone something like a modern manmade waterstone. I sifted the mixture on...

I have tried making hones with various binders but mainly variations of shellac. I have tried dry heat and pressure curing, sintering more or less. I have also tried chemical and heat...