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05-21-2013, 05:28 AM
Thread: Black Tam O'Shanter or Water of Ayr ?
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It is a rare stone. Took me 5 years to find one....
It is a rare stone. Took me 5 years to find one. I had to give it up to get another rare stone. So it goes ....... on to the next ......
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05-20-2013, 08:37 PM
Thread: Black Tam O'Shanter or Water of Ayr ?
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One of the problems with IDing Scotch hones is...
One of the problems with IDing Scotch hones is that there were more than one quarry selling them and calling them by whatever name they thought would get the stone sold. So there are some out there...
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05-20-2013, 02:20 PM
Thread: Black Tam O'Shanter or Water of Ayr ?
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I had a WOA combo, as previously stated. It had...
I had a WOA combo, as previously stated. It had none of the speckles but was a monolithic black/gray. I had a small Tam labeled as a pocket knife hone I got from Coulee, that was black and had the...
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05-19-2013, 01:26 PM
Thread: Black Tam O'Shanter or Water of Ayr ?
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On my monitor it looks brown. A WOA is dark gray...
On my monitor it looks brown. A WOA is dark gray to black. Black when wet. I've had it in a labeled box with a WOA/Tam combo. Anyway, the true Tam will always have speckles or dots in throughout the...
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