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Be nice to know what it says on the label in full - and is there a picture on the box lid top? Quite a light coloured stone in this instance. The variation is fairly wide it would appear - I have...

Good stuff. Some more names to play with re the stones. Soutar is a shoemaker incidentally - one of Tams pals that he used to get 'unco fu at the nappy' (very drunk at the bar) with! Tam came from...

Well Utopian - I don't really speak 'camera' but it was as close as it gets (.62 ft) with a 1:1 lens - 50mm F2.8 Macro. Hope that helps but if you can express this in X's or explain how that works...

That's certainly the trademark label. Interesting. Good to see the stone too? Talking to Coully today he thought that the second image I took, which is labelled as TAM is in fact a Water of Ayr. ...

Be interested to hear how you get on and any photos of said combo would be good to see. I will investigate the Dalmore Yellow, as you call it, some more over here. Sounds like 'Mikado' was a name...

Have you experience of the Dalmore Blue and Water of Ayr? The Dalmore a bevel setter and the WoA a finishing stone. The finer stone apparently comes from a different seam of rock - a different mine...

I was holding back on these - they are beautiful pieces. I just need some more before others get in on the act :D

However - here are a couple of Tams bedecked in their finest boxes. The...

Just thought I would post a couple of close up pics of this hone to show the differences in the same labelled stone. It is a natural product I realise so difference is expected. Can't say if one cuts...