Picked up a hone on the bay recently, £13 inc p&p, stuck a few pics on B&B and they seem to think it may be a translucent Arkansas or a beryl stone, I've never heard of a beryl hone before.
It's been a pain in the arse to lap, tried a sheet of 120 grit wet/dry and nothing much happened, to the hone at least, then went through two sheets of 80 grit paper and I can see a few spots around the edges where I'm getting somewhere. This could take some time - and a lot of wet/dry, I've not got a dmt yet but I get the feeling flattening this would do a fair bit of damage to as dmt. I've been using B&Q branded wet/dry and some cheap stuff from the local hardware shop, it's fine for my other hones but would I better shelling out for some fancy wet/dry?
Just wondering if anyone has any info/tips about this, I've heard grit quotes from 4000 to 15000 for translucent Arkansas stones, but I'm not even sure if it is one.
Can't be arsed resizing the pics:
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It's been a pain in the arse to lap, tried a sheet of 120 grit wet/dry and nothing much happened, to the hone at least, then went through two sheets of 80 grit paper and I can see a few spots around the edges where I'm getting somewhere. This could take some time - and a lot of wet/dry, I've not got a dmt yet but I get the feeling flattening this would do a fair bit of damage to as dmt. I've been using B&Q branded wet/dry and some cheap stuff from the local hardware shop, it's fine for my other hones but would I better shelling out for some fancy wet/dry?
Just wondering if anyone has any info/tips about this, I've heard grit quotes from 4000 to 15000 for translucent Arkansas stones, but I'm not even sure if it is one.
Can't be arsed resizing the pics:
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