Thread: hone ident

I don't have it here yet as I just won it in an auction as a bonus to 2 razors, but... any wild guesses at what this might be?
the owner didn't list any info other than that it was "some american stone" :/



don't have any info yet.. Will update once it gets here.

post some pic's when you get the stone, and tell us how hard it is . show it in sunlight dry and wet top side's and bottom of the stone for best i.d

Size and appearance of a generic Thuringian hone.

Originally Posted by Kees

Size and appearance of a generic Thuringian hone.

From what I can see I would have to agree.

more shots:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13151397/sch...123_224856.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13151397/sch...123_224833.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13151397/sch...123_224918.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13151397/sch...123_224955.jpg

the stone lapped really easilly

it came free with these 2:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13151397/sch...123_230341.jpg

Can I offer another option? Swedenstein due to those brown stripes.

Nice razors:-) Stone too... but razors looks really nice:-)

For the record I'd like to say that I told him right after he bought it that most likely the bottom side was up. Some sellers don't like to show the used dished side

Cutmarks like that on the side are usually not seen on Thuringians but on Welsh slates. However considering it's from Germany a Thuringian or Schwedenstein is more likely. It seems a bit too thick for a Schwedenstein though, but who knows. If it is an extreme close-up may reveal speckles.

lapped the other side today, neither has speckles unless if you look under a 50x microscope.. don't think that counts :P

just honed the little razor with it with a slight smile, and, well... .

why did I not have this sooner! :P
I even like it straight off of the stone better than I do if I use crox on my balsa paddle afterwards o.O