I've got a 3 ⅛" x 2" x 1 ⅛" that's pretty pure. I haven't put a razor to it, but it stays on my coffee table with my knife tune up gear though.
Can't find a Turkey Hone thread so here it is.
- Thread starter SliceOfLife
- Start date
Got a pic of the 3x1?
- Thread starter
- #243
What's your best LOOKING finisher?
That's a beauty for sure, Tom! Thanks David. Don't you have a hard Iromono tomae? I think Alex thought it was from the Narutaki mine. What did you think of that stone? How did you like the edges from it?
www.badgerandblade.com
Looks like one of those two tone jobs, with one side much lighter than the other?What's your best LOOKING finisher?
That's a beauty for sure, Tom! Thanks David. Don't you have a hard Iromono tomae? I think Alex thought it was from the Narutaki mine. What did you think of that stone? How did you like the edges from it?
Sometimes you just have to trust your gut. This was the sellers photo, and no info except some dimensions, which may have been the stone or the wood base.
So just little old me spotted the tells, and I did not have to fight very hard to get this whopping great rock. Luckily it is fairly flat, because lapping it will be a chore.
So just little old me spotted the tells, and I did not have to fight very hard to get this whopping great rock. Luckily it is fairly flat, because lapping it will be a chore.
That looks like a razor stone.
My first Turkish-Cretan Oilstones
The two new ones just landed from Greece and the older brown one I've had a week or two. 2.57, 2.61 and 2.63 sg from left to right. I'll likely keep the new ones oil free for a while as I've already had success using the smaller stone as a tomo and working the slurry.
First impressions, they are just less pure/uniform hard arkansas stones haha. I can only think about once arkansas stone started being sold globally how much superior it would of seemed. I bet there is a sweet density zone for these stones but the range likely isn't as broad as in arkansas. The brown stone is practically a translucent Arkansas stone with fissures and pike likely would of rejected it. And now that I have one in hand the fissures are exactly in the wrong orientation for honing, it would be better for the lines to run along the stone as i now notice is more common. I did get it lapped well and finished a razor on it like I would a translucent Arkansas stone. The brown one did smell horrible lapping and I'm fairly confident I've never lapped one of these before now haha.
Despite this they are pretty stones with an almost night sky galaxy aesthetic. The thick square is a nice razor size and with slurry seems really really fast.
The two new ones just landed from Greece and the older brown one I've had a week or two. 2.57, 2.61 and 2.63 sg from left to right. I'll likely keep the new ones oil free for a while as I've already had success using the smaller stone as a tomo and working the slurry.
First impressions, they are just less pure/uniform hard arkansas stones haha. I can only think about once arkansas stone started being sold globally how much superior it would of seemed. I bet there is a sweet density zone for these stones but the range likely isn't as broad as in arkansas. The brown stone is practically a translucent Arkansas stone with fissures and pike likely would of rejected it. And now that I have one in hand the fissures are exactly in the wrong orientation for honing, it would be better for the lines to run along the stone as i now notice is more common. I did get it lapped well and finished a razor on it like I would a translucent Arkansas stone. The brown one did smell horrible lapping and I'm fairly confident I've never lapped one of these before now haha.
Despite this they are pretty stones with an almost night sky galaxy aesthetic. The thick square is a nice razor size and with slurry seems really really fast.
Well I would've been a little sceptical, but if you look closely - your man is actually wearing a 100% genuine and authentic Turkish hat. So I assume it must be the real deal...
Nah. For me, when I get a "new" one, I degrease it a bit in SG. Lap it flat. Then soak it in mineral oil for a day or two.
From then on in, just oil the surface and hone.
Same.
Does anyone know the history of the T. H. & Co. H.O. & G.M. On the labeled Best selected Turkey Stone labels?
I’ve not tried this myself, but I have it on very good authority that it does work if you want to make them finer.
Degrease the stone as much as possible, put in a low temp oven with a large lump of [whatever] wax on top, and let it melt into the stone.
Apparently this will make them act considerably finer and slower. And nb - it’s pretty much irreversible, you can’t subsequently ‘degrease’ a waxed Turkey Stone.
lol the pop up add on my phone under your post was for Turkey meatloaf recipe.
Wonder if you put the stone on a rack over a pan in the oven long enough if most of the wax would drip out. I mean if it goes in it theoretically should come out. Not saying some wouldn’t remain though. Might be an interesting experiment at least. Probably want to test on a smaller broken chunk not worth much first though.
The way I’ve done it with degreased India stones is to lather the stone thickly in petroleum jelly, then heat it with a hairdryer on high which liquifies the PJ and blows it into the stone. I’d imagine it would work the same with wax, though I probably wouldn’t.
lol the pop up add on my phone under your post was for Turkey meatloaf recipe.
Wonder if you put the stone on a rack over a pan in the oven long enough if most of the wax would drip out. I mean if it goes in it theoretically should come out. Not saying some wouldn’t remain though. Might be an interesting experiment at least. Probably want to test on a smaller broken chunk not worth much first though.
The suggestion came from Vasilis, who knows as much about Turkish/Cretan stones as anyone, including myself. For me the joy of these stones isn't in trying to force them into becoming razor stones, when decent finishers are two-a-penny but good natural knife stones are rare as hen's teeth.
However... I have got a new small, razor-sized, Turkish. So I might degrease it and give this a go, just for interest's sake. Maybe it'll feck it up, maybe it'll make it as good as an Ark for razors. Vamos a ver!
And yep; whilst Vasilis said he found it was basically irreversible, if I did want to - then your suggestion Tom would be where'd I'd start. I'd have thought one might possibly be able to heat wax out of a Turkish.
Similar threads
