Thread: ID dark colored water stone

I got this a few weeks ago. It was pretty worn and glazed over. I lapped one side. Its grey I guess and a little green/yellow possibly. It has some swirls and some black speckles. It seems like a soft stone. The honing surface looks a little lighter grey from several light honing strokes. Original color after lapping was the darker color in the corners. The feedback is soft with a good "sticky" feeling on plain water. The size is about 200mmx40mm(8x1.5)




-----Michael

Is hard to identify from only one picture, if you post more pics , when wet and one more close, if is hard or soft stone,what colour is the slurry, maybe someone can tell you what kind of stone is. I would guess for a Dragon Tongue or some kind of Welsh slate, but can also be a Yellow Lake oilstone or a Thuringian.

Looks to me like a slate finishing hone. I have one, works like a charm with 30 laps after the coticule.

I don't think it's a yellow lake. Could be a Thuringian. Most of the UK hones with that color are hard enough not to slurry while honing. Almost all dark colored hones I know are hard enough not to produce slurry while honing. How fine is it? Have you bought it from UK? Does it have speckles when held to the light?

Originally Posted by Vasilis

I don't think it's a yellow lake. Could be a Thuringian. Most of the UK hones with that color are hard enough not to slurry while honing. Almost all dark colored hones I know are hard enough not to produce slurry while honing. How fine is it? Have you bought it from UK? Does it have speckles when held to the light?

I bought it from a seller in the US. It does have little sparkles under the light, like a coticle. And I'm no expert with natural stones (and any stones for that matter) but in a couple of little experiments it seems to polish a little brighter than my vert coticle.

----Michael

Originally Posted by mjsorkin

I bought it from a seller in the US. It does have little sparkles under the light, like a coticle. And I'm no expert with natural stones (and any stones for that matter) but in a couple of little experiments it seems to polish a little brighter than my vert coticle.

----Michael

That looks like the new thuringian. I just got one in and it to has tiny speckles.

Amazing what experienced people can tell from one picture.