What kind of whetstone is mine?

[mun0053]

I bought it from eBay UK.

There is no information about the whetstone.

The seller only says he bought it from someone he knows.

He says he was serious about buying good tools.

[Whitmore] It's just a label

What kind of stone does it look like??

I think it looks like a yellow lake stone, but...

What do you think??

 

[Legion]

At first I thought Welsh slate of some sort, but the close up pics look too coarse. Has the same saw marks as a silkstone, but the surface isn’t right.

 

[Wid]

Lap it and take more pics. Looks like unfinished slate to me.

 

[cotedupy]

It's a Wood Box AB Salmen stone, it's just rebranded for sale by a toolmaker. You see this quite a lot, I've got a Dronfield (Marples) one for instance.

 

[cotedupy]

This one in fact isn’t even in a wood box, but it’s the same stone.

 

[Legion]

It's a Wood Box AB Salmen stone, it's just rebranded for sale by a toolmaker. You see this quite a lot, I've got a Dronfield (Marples) one for instance.

Could be, but the Salmen box is different, from memory, with the hole for the stone routed out of one piece of wood, rather than those inset end pieces.

But maybe they had variations.

 

[cotedupy]

Could be, but the Salmen box is different, from memory, with the hole for the stone routed out of one piece of wood, rather than those inset end pieces.

But maybe they had variations.

I've owned dozens of them now, branded both for Salmen, and all sorts of other companies. It's definitely what it is.

You're right though - that box is a little different from the 'standard' one. But I've seen that style before quite a few times too.

 

[mun0053]

처음에는 웨일스 슬레이트 같은 종류인 줄 알았는데, 클로즈업 사진이 너무 거칠어 보여요. 실크스톤과 같은 톱 자국이 있지만, 표면이 제대로 안 됐어요.

맞아요. 말씀하신 대로 표면이 많이 닳아요. 첫 주인이 포장 안 하고 몇 번만 썼던 것 같아요.

 

[mun0053]

랩을 하고 더 많은 사진을 찍어. 나한테는 미완성 슬레이트처럼 보여.

당신이 말한 대로 어젯밤 랩을 했습니다. 꽤 매끄러워졌어요.

 

[mun0053]

저는 지금까지 수십 개를 소유했는데, Salmen과 다른 모든 회사의 브랜드로 되어 있습니다. 확실히 그게 전부입니다.

하지만 당신 말이 맞아요. 그 상자는 '표준' 상자와 조금 다르죠. 하지만 저는 그 스타일을 전에도 꽤 많이 봤어요.

I previously got a Salmen wooden number box stone, and I know it's exactly the same size as a Whitmore whetstone. I think it's the same stone as you said. My Salmen box whetstone is a type of limestone. It reacts to vinegar. The picture on the left is a Whitmore whetstone, and the other is a Salmen box whetstone. The Salmen box whetstone doesn't drain well... I think it's because the owner gave me a lot of oil. The box and the whetstone were dope in the oil. Is there a reason why the water disappears like that even though you keep draining it? Maybe it's the properties of the stone.
And if you look closely at the Whitmore whetstone, there are small particles stuck in places and they are glowing. Is it the same for your whetstone? I don't see any of these particles on other Salmenbox whetstones.

 

[cotedupy]

I previously got a Salmen wooden number box stone, and I know it's exactly the same size as a Whitmore whetstone. I think it's the same stone as you said. My Salmen box whetstone is a type of limestone. It reacts to vinegar. The picture on the left is a Whitmore whetstone, and the other is a Salmen box whetstone. The Salmen box whetstone doesn't drain well... I think it's because the owner gave me a lot of oil. The box and the whetstone were dope in the oil. Is there a reason why the water disappears like that even though you keep draining it? Maybe it's the properties of the stone.
And if you look closely at the Whitmore whetstone, there are small particles stuck in places and they are glowing. Is it the same for your whetstone? I don't see any of these particles on other Salmenbox whetstones.

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Just natural variation between stones. To my eye those bits look like larger mica formations; these stones are quite micaceous, which is what gives them the kinda 'sheen'.

The CaCO3 content can vary between them a bit as well. It's not so much that they are a type of limestone; they're a micaceous and sometimes slightly calcareous slate type affair.

 

[mun0053]

Just natural variation between stones. To my eye those bits look like larger mica formations; these stones are quite micaceous, which is what gives them the kinda 'sheen'.

The CaCO3 content can vary between them a bit as well. It's not so much that they are a type of limestone; they're a micaceous and sometimes slightly calcareous slate type affair.

Thank you for your reply. What a mica lump. When I touch both stones with my hands, the limestone siltstone whetstone feels smoother... though it's a slight difference...
Looking at the sides of the two stones, YLS feels much rougher. The Salmen Box Stone is very soft on the sides.