Wow, I've never seen a stone like those photos. How certain are you it is a hindo? I dont think they often have so much color, mine dont atleast. Does it have sediment lines on the side?
I like my hindos alot also
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Wow, I've never seen a stone like those photos. How certain are you it is a hindo? I dont think they often have so much color, mine dont atleast. Does it have sediment lines on the side?
I like my hindos alot also
Yeah it has the side sediment lines and using it, no doubt at all that it is a Hindostan.
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Well that is a really nice looking stone, it almost has jnat renge? like patches. A few of mine have little red circles that when looked at under magnification are crystals. But no where near as much color as that guy.
I actually have had my new hindo handling all my kitchen knife work for weeks now. I take a small soft arkansas stone and rub it down, and the surface is fresh within 10s. It makes grey swarf within about 10 knife passes and will finish to a really nice cutting edge.
Yeah it does remind me a lot of the Renge in JNATs for sure. And yeah, I think they do a range of things really well with knives being their pièce de résistance.
What is the exact name of the Griswold study this comes from if you don't mind?
Repository of Information about Pike / Norton / American Novaculite
Here to compliment @Adamo22 's label thread is some various old information, catalogues, &c. Starting with some essential reading: The Griswold 1890 Geological Survey.
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I just snatched one of these off the bay. It’s pretty crusty. Pics when it arrives.
Nice!
Both that, and the Norton version I eventually found after were the softer, quicker type of Hindo. Which I rather rate because they are actually relatively quick cutting.
They also degrease easier than the hard, fine versions, which sounds like it might be welcome if your new one is particularly crusty and grimy.
Got a nice hindostan in one of these old iron stone holders, Patented April 26 1870? on one end cast.
Hindostans really have a special special ability for being an oil sponge.
Stone fresh out of 3rd dip:
A few hours later:
this was the 3rd bath, scrub and dry for the stone also... Giving another cycle now which hopefully will be the last.
Hindostans really have a special special ability for being an oil sponge.
Stone fresh out of 3rd dip:
A few hours later:
this was the 3rd bath, scrub and dry for the stone also... Giving another cycle now which hopefully will be the last.
Very nice one!
Got a hindostan headed this way soon. First one I've had. This one looks pretty soft and seems to escape oil bathing somehow.
I'm surprised this stone wasn't coarser, it was around washita territory. I may use it to reset the bevels on some stubborn razors.
They work exceedingly well for that purpose
It was weird, the surface feels like 220# w/d sandpaper but it finishes pretty fine. Definitely an oil only stone. It didn't drink oil as fast as I expected either. Nothing like a turkey stone, which is a sponge.
Sounds like you got a very coarse orange stone variety. Mine can feel very smooth to the touch and work well with water. I have two which will finish razors if you really want on them.
People loved sharpening hooks on these and washitas. I swear. I highly doubt many people sharpen hooks anymore. I sharpen anything if it needs it. I keep a diamond rod on my Keychain for emergency in the field sharpening.
It's pure white. It's in the pictures above. The grains feel rounded but they feel big under my nail about the size of my 220 grit diamond plate. On the pad of my finger it feels like a washita or Tam. It's a pretty aggressive stone though and leave deep scratches under pressure but it did finish surprisingly fine.
Orange stone is more referring to the level of grading - the coarsest variety. Maybe it is not one of those then, there is only a small difference between them all in the grand scheme of stones.
Yep. Sandstone gets too fine and it falls apart, too coarse and it's nearly unusable for most purposes. I haven't noticed too much swing in any that I have. I've really come to enjoy them lately. Pyrenees(saurat) and Dalmores are amazing.
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Question for the brain trust.... does this look like the layers are delaminating? Or did this previously belong to a fisherman with very dull hooks? The hard/ fine washita I sold(suspected llw) had some pretty deep grooves in one side(why not move around the stone) and I know for them to get there it took lots of time and someone using lots of pressure. That stone was harder than the ½" smith's "hard arkansas"(I'd call it a true medium, dead between a pike washita and norton hard) and I know it didn't wear quickly because I've sharpened plane irons, axes and lots of chisels on it regularly. This Hindo doesn't really have many visible layers, it seems like a pretty pure stone, but those grooves are on both sides. Seem kind close to the top though to effectively hone hooks on without eventually wearing one in your hand or belly.
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