Can't find a Turkey Hone thread so here it is.

[SliceOfLife]

Got this on etsy for a very pretty penny. Either Belgium or US customs lost it for 3 months and was about to have to file a postal insurance claim when it finally turned up. One of the biggest I've snagged, 7.75x3.25" and very heavy in a massive hunk of walnut. From the walnut base, it looks like this Turkey stone is wedge/coffin shaped at the bottom and the base was shaped to match but smaller then the stone was driven into it like a wedge, creating the split on the ends of the base and bowing the base outwards so it sits like an arch. Very pretty and interesting stand, the seller was actually selling it as a rustic table centerpiece.

Was quite dished when I got it and actually the first stone that made me wish I had some SIC powder in many years, but after an hour or two on a belt sander and my DMT's I got it flat.

 

[global_dev]

That’s pretty sweet. What will you use it as (range)?

 

[SliceOfLife]

I'm gonna shave off it today, but I've only had one turkey that gave a good shave and it was a teeny tiny one cut out of an absolutely perfect piece of rock I assume. Touched up a Jnat finished razor on this just now and stropped and it strikes me as a much more typical Turkey. I expect I'll be able to finish the shave but it won't be very close.

I use them for knives. Same way I use soft charnleys and most washita... One stone hone for a lot of my knives so long as I don't let them go too far. If my wife lets me, I'll use it as decoration too. It is really pretty. That's a big long shot though.

 

[kcb5150]

That huge one I have will give an acceptable edge to shave but really, it's pointless. It's like driving a pickup truck fast around the monaco grand prix circuit, it can do it sort of, but an f1 car is what you want.

 

[kcb5150]

Lapping this broke me... It has pretty much been my default kitchen knife stone since January

 

[SliceOfLife]

What’s the weight on that?

 

[kcb5150]

Never weighed it before now. Always ran my scale over. New postal scale.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Big fatty. About 7x3? Trying to estimate the depth of mine from the weight

 

[kcb5150]

7 6/8" at longest x 3 21/32" x 1 5/8"... And it smells sulfuric just sitting there. It's decadent.

 

[kcb5150]

If the split in the wood meets the end of the stone, maybe stick a sewing needle in there as a probe and see how far it goes?

 

[rbscebu]

Does an Armenian whetstone count as a tnat?

 

[SliceOfLife]

7 6/8" at longest x 3 21/32" x 1 5/8"... And it smells sulfuric just sitting there. It's decadent.

So it's same length as mine and a hair wider. Mine must be thick. The wood probably adds a lb or two, but it's 6+lbs total.

 

[SliceOfLife]

196mm long

79-82mm wide

3100g including base.


Rough estimate of SG of yours from dimensions... ~2.33...


Assuming Turkeys are relatively consistent in SG....


(3100g - (weight of base) ) / 2.33 = .196 * .08 * height (m)

3.100 - w.o.b. (kg) = h (m) * 0.0365 * 1000

(3.1-wob)/36.5 = h(m)


So if we assume the base is 1.1kg, h(m)= .055m or 55mm just over 2"...


I suspect the base weighs less. Total height is 64mm... so there's not a lot of leeway... ~2-2.25" thick most likely. 2.5" is theoretical max thickness... but that'd mean the base is 1mm thick under the stone.... and would be 800g for the base. I think 4mm is a much more reasonable minimum for the base thickness... Which would mean ~2 1/3" thick stone and 900g base.


The base (without any Hollowing for the stone) would weigh 1.014kg.

The base (assuming negligible thickness of base under stone) would weigh 0.6kg


So there's definitely some variable here going wrong, possibly the SG of Turkeys isn't consistent and mine is a bit heavier, as it's not possible for the base to only weigh 600g unless the stone weighs more than is possible given the dimensions and a SG of 2.33.

Basically, there's at least 200g unaccounted for. I don't trust my wives scale though, and mine caps at 2.5kg... so it could be over-reading. All I can say for absolute certain is it's noticeably over 2.5kg.

 

[kcb5150]

It's probably pretty similar. Cutting these thicker is really the wise move.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Speaking of which, you should get that thing mounted in a base that holds it tight. Last thing you want is that to break along one of the faults.

 

[kcb5150]

Yeah it never had a real box so I didn't have anything to work with. The box was like a hollowed out book cut down the center and not in great shape.

 

[kcb5150]

Only pic of it I have.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Yeah, downside is you'll need to build a box from scratch. Upside is you probably got it for cheap since the box made it look so bad, right?


I just sold one that was mounted like that, but it wasn't almost 4" deep like yours was. More like 2.5".

 

[kcb5150]

It wasn't super cheap if I recall but it was cheap for what it is. I would need to make one when I am in my uncle's house or something where I have space to do that with a boring bit and a chisel. Don't have a router, unfortunately

 

[SliceOfLife]

Yep. It'll be nice set up in a good base. They're a really showy stone. Washita may be every bit the hone they are, but they've got nothing on the Turkey's when it comes to looks.