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ha-ha! I like that! I guess I was originally thinking about being fair to Wales, so it really depends on whether the seller prefers to be even-handed or full-fisted!

I shouldn't joke, really -...

Concerning the nomenclature, I vote for Cambrian Hone! :)

Regards,
Neil

If it is still mined from a known locality, then I'm sure any decently qualified mineralogist or geologist could give us it's correct name. For the seller to buy them from someone who mines them...

I haven't tried stones from that seller in all fairness so take my comments as you find them, but have tried vintage equivalents and came to much the same conclusion as Sham and Greg, to be honest. ...

You don't mean the fabulous Sheffistan 1/8th hollows, do you... :)

Doh!!! Never say never! :)

Martin - Yellow Lake Oilstone was just a name, not a type of hone. As I said above, my friend has four distinct types of hone, all different, sold under the Yellow Lake brand. Of course they varied...

The seller says that he obtained the first lot of 'thuringian' stones from a central european source - where they were 'probably used to sharpen medical equipment.'

As for the 'welsh thuringian'...