ID Hone please...

[jimi43]

Hi All

I recently picked up this little hone on FleaBay and after a bit of a clean-up...it revealed a beautiful pattern in the rock....

I have a feeling it is a soft Arkansas from the Ouachita Mountain....like this one HERE but I would like confirmation...

Here is a close-up....

It is very soft....slurry is easy to raise...and it cuts well and relatively fast too.

Any ideas....guys and gals......BB?

Jim

 

[Blister]

looks like it Jim

You have nailed it :lol:

 

[bugbear]

It is very soft....slurry is easy to raise...and it cuts well and relatively fast too.

Any ideas....guys and gals......BB?

Jim

My best reference is the TATHS one, so you know as much as I do.

BugBear

 

[jimi43]

Just a quick update on this one...as I know there are a few hone lovers on here.

I kept thinking that soft Arkansas was not correct purely because of the age and likelihood of this being of British origin rather than American.

I thought I would put the question to some Americans on a razor site I visit occasionally (only for hones you understand!)....and THIS was the reply.

I had guessed it was a Tam O'Shanter but wanted confirmation...and it seems it is indeed one of the Scottish variants...Dalmore (I hope)...Tam O'Shanter or Ayr

So there you have it...another one for the collection.

Recently I tried it out on a few edges and is really is fine but quite fast...makes a slurry just by looking at it...it's that soft.

I like this type of hone because it is close to the Coticule in softness...requires a little gentleness and gives a good final polish.

Jim