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Great post Neil. You are teaching me a lot. My Grecian is soft, fast and not that fine. But it's the only one I've ever used and I dont like using it with oil, so that may be an influencing factor.

There is a chance that your stone is not like mine although they do look very similar indeed. Other stones from this region of Wales (Llyn idwal)are very hard, fine and can apparently make good...

How did the stone perform for you?

I have one of these and I love it. I believe it is what is knows as a Grecian. It's not very hard and isn't a finishing stone but is just great to use for setting a bevel where not much work is...