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I think you mean the saw marks on the hone sides. They are typical to a certain extent for natural stones. For thuringian waterwhetstones, they appear sometimes, but also a lot of hones are lapped or...

Finally found one of these Penknife hones were the grammar mistake was corrected. Unfortunately box isn't in good condition, but more important, hone is in good shape!

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RE: Greywacke, a small British hone of around 1" x 6" (25mm x 150mm) was sold as a razor hone, the label saying that it was glued to the hone itself - it was made from...

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I don’t think that there was a difference in quality between penknife and razor Thuringians. There was a coarser quality of sharpening stones mined in this area used for sharpening of...

Well, the photos were taken by myself with the permission of the museum during one of my visits there. I#m not really sure if I'm allowed to post them here because they are not official, so maybe I...

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your hone is definetly a Thuringian hone. Thuringians were not only made as hones for razors, there also have been penknive and knive hones. This hone you have was mined and sold from a...