Stone Findings

[Seemore]

Mastodon toothpick?

 

[Rideon66]

Everyone should pass on this. Much too dished for anyone

It is also only 5x1.5" stone. So price after shipping isn't great either.

 

[1315]

Some fancy Euro-stones to look at: White Tam O's, Water of Ayr, Tam O's, Dalmore,
https://www.griffithshavinggoods.com/collections/razor-honing-stones?sort_by=created-descending

@cotedupy , any comments?

 

[JustAnotherJoe]

Nice looking Coricule on the NA bay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235462621012

Some fancy Euro-stones to look at: White Tam O's, Water of Ayr, Tam O's, Dalmore,
https://www.griffithshavinggoods.com/collections/razor-honing-stones?sort_by=created-descending

@cotedupy , any comments?

That combo WoA/Tam they have has me tempted. I have been enjoying the Dalmore blue I picked up from them too.

 

[ethompson]

wrong thread lol - don’t have multiple tabs of KKF open at once

 

[captaincaed]

wrong thread lol - don’t always have multiple tabs of KKF open at once

Ftfy

 

[Krakorak]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1561102891...-9be7-92c4b5d57a12|iid:1|vlpname:vlp_homepage

Broken Rosy Red Washita - should be a rather easy repair and the price might not go too high, due to the damage...Maybe the collectors won't be bidding because of it..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1863264723...a0egA5uDdiq2SB6SrNM5OOC14=|tkp:Bk9SR4Sj59PHYw

And a WWD Washita (they are really hard to get, almost equally to Rosy Reds), quite expensive, of course, but it might be worth it, I owned one (which I bought in auction as well, for basically identical price as this one ad it was only 6 inch long) and it was an excelent, extremely fast stone with a SG on the level of a Rosy Red (this one even looks more like a RR)..

 

[gentiscid]

Anyone wanna apply for a stone mortgage?

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/o1128376464?conversionType=mypage_watch_list

 

[Rangen]

Anyone wanna apply for a stone mortgage?

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/o1128376464?conversionType=mypage_watch_list

Perfect for anyone looking for a giant Nakayama Ohira Tomae Suita. If it were a Shobudani Uchi and an Aizu as well, I'd probably bid, just in case I get a hole in my counter that needs filling.

 

[Koop]

I never should have opened this thread - bunch of enablers!

 

[M1k3]

I never should have opened this thread - bunch of enablers!

Wait until you open some other threads also.

 

[pavlobee]

If you're in the UK, there are some Shapton Rockstar in 320 or 1000 for sensible money on the bay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39526231...1FBWJJ&hash=item5c07784163:g:7rMAAOSwljRl73Y9

 

[Corradobrit1]

Anyone wanna apply for a stone mortgage?

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/o1128376464?conversionType=mypage_watch_list

Seems like a perfect candidate for fingerstones and polishing powder.

 

[Heckel7302]

Anyone wanna apply for a stone mortgage?

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/o1128376464?conversionType=mypage_watch_list

600x165x120 16,800g. Seems a totally reasonable size. Wonder what the reserve on it is?

 

[ethompson]

Looks like someone pulled a rejected hunk of ore from the rubble the surrounds the old mine entrances. Would make a novel table ornament, but ¥5m yen is utterly laughable. You could get at least 25kg of the absolute highest grade suita for that lol

 

[Corradobrit1]

Looks like someone pulled a rejected hunk of ore from the rubble the surrounds the old mine entrances. Would make a novel table ornament, but ¥5m yen is utterly laughable. You could get at least 25kg of the absolute highest grade suita for that lol

Its only 4000 yen with only 5 hours left to run.

 

[NickMinton]

Well crap, Buyee has a block on that huge stone or I was gonna put a serious bid.

Figured it would be a cool project to cut it up

Edit - Buyee now let me place a bid….this could be interesting

 

[Heckel7302]

Looks like the auction ended. Final price 151,000¥ ($1,061).

 

[PeterL]

Edit: posted in wrong thread

 

[NickMinton]

Looks like the auction ended. Final price 151,000¥ ($1,061).

I had someone keep outbidding me and put a hard cap at $1k

I would have taken another $500-1k with of equipment and many hours to cut that behemoth of a rock up.

Oh well

 

[ethompson]

I had someone keep outbidding me and put a hard cap at $1k

I would have taken another $500-1k with of equipment and many hours to cut that behemoth of a rock up.

Oh well

Would’ve been a fun project, but having bought a few things like this at auction, they’re rarely great quality stock. Fun and worthwhile for a few hundred bucks but not something you should spend big money on as the ending stones usually aren’t the best.

 

[Heckel7302]

I had someone keep outbidding me and put a hard cap at $1k

I would have taken another $500-1k with of equipment and many hours to cut that behemoth of a rock up.

Oh well

Well without you they REALLY would have gotten a deal.

 

[Heckel7302]

Would’ve been a fun project, but having bought a few things like this at auction, they’re rarely great quality stock. Fun and worthwhile for a few hundred bucks but not something you should spend big money on as the ending stones usually aren’t the best.

Kinda reminds me of those people in china buying rocks hoping it’s going to be some rare jade inside but get burned with a worthless plain old rock.

 

[Desert Rat]

I found a little Lisbon Pike Chocolate axe stone. Paid too much for it I'm sure, some other dummy kept bidding so there were two of us.

 

[stringer]

I found a little Lisbon Pike Chocolate axe stone. Paid too much for it I'm sure, some other dummy kept bidding so there were two of us.

I have several that I think might be. But I haven't managed to get one with a label.

 

[Desert Rat]

I have several that I think might be. But I haven't managed to get one with a label.

That brown slurry and the mica sparkles are pretty good identifiers.

It's a tiny thing but I'm going to see how it does with some pocketknives.

 

[cotedupy]

I found a little Lisbon Pike Chocolate axe stone. Paid too much for it I'm sure, some other dummy kept bidding so there were two of us.

Now there's a find! Don't see a labelled LCH every day.

 

[Desert Rat]

I have several that I think might be. But I haven't managed to get one with a label.

I'm loving the edges the stone produces on my carbon steel pocketknives, just the right amount of toothy edge.
It's hard to get a feel for the speed of the stone though working with such a small hone and knives. I think Pike claimed they were fast. What is your experience?

 

[pavlobee]

Found a lovely little upcycling hardware store, grabbed these.

1. No name synthetic stone, great cheap sacrificial stone.
2. Washita of some sort, maybe red, maybe oil stained
3. Lily white washita with nice condition label

 

[Krakorak]

Found a lovely little upcycling hardware store, grabbed these.

1. No name synthetic stone, great cheap sacrificial stone.
2. Washita of some sort, maybe red, maybe oil stained
3. Lily white washita with nice condition label

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What's the dimensions of the Lily White? The label looks comparatively much smaller than on the most common 8x2 inch ones...So I wonder if its some really rare,huge specimen or just some smaller label?!