Mystery hones... Let's see what you have

[Legion]

Put them in a bag with mineral oil and add more as needed, let them drink until they stop. Kinda like a turkey or Hindo.

They are too porous, especially the coarser ones. Mineral oil will just run out of them, especially when it is hot.

When they say they are “oil filled” on the box, I am fairly sure they use petroleum jelly, or something similar.

I imagine they heat it to liquify it, then soak the stones, maybe use a vacuum. Then at room temperature it gums up the insides and stays put.

 

[timwcic]

A cool piglet from the market. I knew something was hiding under the mung and slurry coating. Looked like a slate that was rode hard and put up wet. Wasn’t expecting what came out of the dip, a purple stone with tiger stripes and green orbs. It is very soft and muddy, keep seizing to the plates. Has a slight taper, 6x 2 1/4 down to 2 1/8. Three sides look original with a black coating and the last side looks whacked with saw marks in all directions. Possible a Vermont or NY slate, but don’t recall running across the extreme stripes before. Maybe a Welsh that really got lost and ended up in Florida

 

[SliceOfLife]

I need to see how it reacts. Something seems off to me but it is also thicker than thuris tend to be so maybe that is also what is confusing me.

Color and pattern do agree with Thuri...

Cut (~7x2") not really, and sawmarks aren't really indicative for or against. I'd lean towards Thuri, but performance would have to prove that out in this case... Not like a 7x1.5 with obvious Thuri sawmarks.


Tim, I think I've got a 12x2 somewhere with those stripes... Not all over, but in spots. It's an ok finisher; but not top tier... I agree probably an east coast slate. (edit: got my stones mixed up... it was a 7x1.5", stripes WERE all over... sold it years ago though... Was soft and flakey... and had a bullet hole gouge/chalky digout in it like you see on Tam O shanters sometimes. It actually was pretty subpar for a slate if memory serves... sold it in a lot of junk stones) I'm positive I posted it here, but we're talking 5-10 years ago... so good luck finding those pics.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Not mine, but found one:

What some call Vosgienne - Show off your rock

Cool! That's a gorgeous stone if I do say so myself. And thanks for all of the historical background and detective work. Very interesting.

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This may be the stone I'm thinking of... Had green blob in it too:

Escher/Thuringian love. show of your rocks

Very nice, thanks @all for the explanation.

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[Empire straights]

They are too porous, especially the coarser ones. Mineral oil will just run out of them, especially when it is hot.

When they say they are “oil filled” on the box, I am fairly sure they use petroleum jelly, or something similar.

I imagine they heat it to liquify it, then soak the stones, maybe use a vacuum. Then at room temperature it gums up the insides and stays put.

The fine ones are the only ones I've stripped completely, I'd def use petroleum jelly for a coarse one.

 

[timwcic]

. I agree probably an east coast slate.

Thanks for your thoughts

 

[Legion]

The fine ones are the only ones I've stripped completely, I'd def use petroleum jelly for a coarse one.

The last one I did was a 30’s Norton, with a coarse on one side, with a Washita on the other. Didn’t leave a middle option of cleaning.

Vaseline and the wife’s hair dryer. Seemed to work.

 

[Empire straights]

The last one I did was a 30’s Norton, with a coarse on one side, with a Washita on the other. Didn’t leave a middle option of cleaning.

Vaseline and the wife’s hair dryer. Seemed to work.

I've considered making one of those combos.

 

[Marcel1818]

Found this hone in the UK.
Has anyone a guess what stone it could be?
I think it could be a Fiddich.

 

[cotedupy]

Found this hone in the UK.
Has anyone a guess what stone it could be?
I think it could be a Fiddich.

It’s a Grecian Hone. Sweet!

To give you an idea of just how good they are... I dare anybody to get a Chinese cleaver to drop paper towel like this:

 

[Marcel1818]

Thanks, will go reading about it as I never had one. Will hone on it this weekend

 

[Empire straights]

Thanks, will go reading about it as I never had one. Will hone on it this weekend

They're good. The one I have is fine, much like a real. hard ark.