I only have one, but after being well used they are almost impossible to get 100% clean of oil and swarf. It just leaches from the middle like a spring.
Hindostan Info/Photos/ID Thread
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I am getting that impression. Mine have had 2 soaks in PBW, 4 soaks in simple green. Multiple clean water soaks and it still sweats oil.
Mine used a whole bottle of SG, before I said “you know what? You be you”
I am getting that impression. Mine have had 2 soaks in PBW, 4 soaks in simple green
This is why astraglide or lather are my lubricant of choose for honing.
Stone has been in my truck in the heat for 2 weeks and it is still sweating like an engineer outside an air conditioned office...
Just lapped this slightly unusual and quite interesting one, will turn out to be a fairly soft and coarse stone I think. (Which frankly could be a godsend, because normally Hindos are sloooow!)
After alot of strikeouts, I've finally hit a hindo!
How it started:
After:
Wet(Notice the water drop at bottom)
Havent tested it much but it is a very interesting stone; fine polisher, slow, takes 30+ knife passes to see some swarf but the bevel slowly seems to brighten. Finer than I expected, I'm going to have to try a shave off of it.
The striations/bands are barely noticeable with no real color variation.There are a few pock marks on the surface including "Caves" of red/rust crystals which under the scope do show larger grains but should be easy to dig out.
How it started:
After:
Wet(Notice the water drop at bottom)
Havent tested it much but it is a very interesting stone; fine polisher, slow, takes 30+ knife passes to see some swarf but the bevel slowly seems to brighten. Finer than I expected, I'm going to have to try a shave off of it.
The striations/bands are barely noticeable with no real color variation.There are a few pock marks on the surface including "Caves" of red/rust crystals which under the scope do show larger grains but should be easy to dig out.
I hope 1 of you guys beat me on the Pike fast cut by $0.01, otherwise I'm going to be pissed.
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Omg, I am Guilty! Just couldn't resist a Pike version for comparison. I didn't expect to win it with that one penny, Sorry! I should of known another fine natural stone connoisseur on here was watching it.
Is a pike fast cut a hindo?
Yeah. According to the old brochures, it is an axe size, fine Hindo.
Thank goodness it's was one of you guys. I can live with that as long as it'll be appreciated for what it is.
Interesting.... who knew hindos could be a rabbit hole too
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There's all sorts of information out there about them if you take the time to do the digging. Lots of old brochures, catalogs and geological reports with tidbits in them.
Great...homework...and on a holiday weekend no less...
Here's my group of hindostan stones:
Dry:
Wet:
Side layers:
The Pike Fastcut, smaller one, and largest one are really similar. The more colored one from UK (thanks @cotedupy) and a bit different with a more crystalline structure and less powdery feel. It can start to glaze over however but is faster when freshly lapped. The powdery hindostans kind of stay the same grit and don't glaze.
I've been enjoying them alot as knife stones but you really need to apply some pressure to get the swarf going and decent feedback. With a razor it kind of feels like the steel is just gliding over unless you apply torque which i dont particularly like to do. The slurry isnt great to hone on either. So not that great for razors because of this. I tried a couple shaves off directly off the largest and the smallest, not great.
I think for razors there are alot better mid range/pre finisher natural stones such as dalmore, tsushima, coticules, bbw, ect
Dry:
Wet:
Side layers:
The Pike Fastcut, smaller one, and largest one are really similar. The more colored one from UK (thanks @cotedupy) and a bit different with a more crystalline structure and less powdery feel. It can start to glaze over however but is faster when freshly lapped. The powdery hindostans kind of stay the same grit and don't glaze.
I've been enjoying them alot as knife stones but you really need to apply some pressure to get the swarf going and decent feedback. With a razor it kind of feels like the steel is just gliding over unless you apply torque which i dont particularly like to do. The slurry isnt great to hone on either. So not that great for razors because of this. I tried a couple shaves off directly off the largest and the smallest, not great.
I think for razors there are alot better mid range/pre finisher natural stones such as dalmore, tsushima, coticules, bbw, ect
Probably as close as I'll ever get to the mythical Norton Fastcut. This is a very good stone; really quite quick, but realtively fine, and does the typical, nice, mid-grit, Hindo polishes.
And another interesting one...
Far be it from me to cast aspersion on the authentic Canadian-ness of AB Salmen's Celebrated Fast Cutting Canada Oilstone, but it's certainly doing its very best impersonation of being a Hindostan. Though Indiana's pretty near Canada isn't it, so who knows...
This is another very nice, fairly fast stone, a little coarser the the Pike Fastcut.
Far be it from me to cast aspersion on the authentic Canadian-ness of AB Salmen's Celebrated Fast Cutting Canada Oilstone, but it's certainly doing its very best impersonation of being a Hindostan. Though Indiana's pretty near Canada isn't it, so who knows...
This is another very nice, fairly fast stone, a little coarser the the Pike Fastcut.
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That might be a Magog from Quebec??
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