Bought the greasy monstrosities but don't know what they are i think the one in the box is a synthetic razor hone and it may have been coated before i degreased it, but you know.... thems the breaks!
Any ideas what these are? Bonus ark and coti love welcomed!
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I got these little coticule bouts and i absolutely LOVE the long one but i don't know what type it is. It's gorgeous. I want to get one in 150mm x 40mm with a bbw
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That crossed my mind on the one in the box, but the other has saw marks and veins of something in it. I think it's a natural stone. It looks rough but it's almost smooth as the one in the box.
Is it the same one in the pic out of the box with the square sides/corners? If so, it looks like an India stone to me. But that only pictures, internet, and a guy’s (me) opinion. So that’s never perfect for ID. But it looks India to me and looks like it lived in a box for a long time too as indicated by that caked up oil line down the side.
If I’m wrong it maybe what folks call a washita (ark) here. Soak in simple green degreaser for a few days and you will know for sure.
Good luck
If I’m wrong it maybe what folks call a washita (ark) here. Soak in simple green degreaser for a few days and you will know for sure.
Good luck
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Here's a hard that i got for $20. My favorite finisher
, its crazy fast for an ark and if i take the time i can do a whole progression on it from level to finish by switching up pressures and what i put on it, it's just slow for that. I made a wrap forit so the stone doesn't fall and it doubles as a travel strop. I put a leather spacer in it so it won't flop around too.
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No it's 2 different stones.
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The line on the one out of the box is a vein of another mineral, i thought it was an oil like when it was solid black with a quarter inch of grease on it.
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It could be saw mark because the color is similar but i think it's another mineral. I lapped the crap out of it.
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Better pictures
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Freshly lapped corner on dished side.
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Side by side.
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It was really dished. I just lapped 2 flat ferry on the finished side and flattened the other. Ive never seen a dished out India stone but they're new to me.
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The line on the side("vein" or "saw mark") its an inclusion and its like 1/8" deep.
I'd say the large dished stone is likely a Washita. The small mottled stone looks like a soft ark. The uniform orange stone in the box is an India stone.
Looks like a gouge from sharpening small pointed tools or fishing hooks but could be wrong. You need to get these soaking in some Simple Green to remove some of the dried on oil, that will give a better look at the surface of the stone which will make identifying the stone and any features easier.
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The small molted one is a vintage smith's hard ark(I've never seen one like it, sg 2.58). It's my finisher, i like it over this one.
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I would have never picked it for hard from the looks but after checking sg and trying to finish on it I'd peg it for hard(as it's labeled). I always thought washitas were lighter cream or white with pepper. The finished one feels really fine. It's dense, smooth and heavy and it clinked like a translucent. So weird. Definitely beyond my expertise.
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It's a really dished out 8x2x1 and it weighs 589g.
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