[Woodcarver] Carving stone-honing oil

[Merrilee Johnson]

With all of this talk about stones - here's my question!  How do you kno if 
it is an oil stone or a water stone?  I have two from my grandfather and 
he's not around to ask.  They are both pretty grungy though.  And what do 
you mean "the Arkansas slips cut slow"?  Thanks for your explaination!
Merrilee = Big Rapids MI


>From: "Larry Robertson" <workinginwood at hotmail.com>
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>To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Carving stone-honing oil
>Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 06:30:03 -0500
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>Usually I use water or ceramic stones but for gouges (carving and turning)
>oil stones hold up better.  For lubrication I have discovered that Avon 
>Skin
>So Soft works well.  It lubricates enough, floats the swarf and is not that
>expensive, plus it keeps the mosquitoes away.  Don't drink it, it tastes
>terrible.  While were on the subject, a good set of ceramic slip stones
>(European style) would probably be a handy thing to have.  The water slips
>loose their shape too fast while Arkansas slips cut slow and are getting
>hard to find.  I haven't seen any advertised, does anybody make them?
>
>Larry Robertson
>Colchester, Ontario
>WorkingInWood
>
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