Whetstone prospecting

[Toddy]

I got a present this morning
Dan the little whetstones are beautiful and they work too ........played with my Opinel with them and it's razor sharp

Barter has been gathered, but I'd like a day or so to see if I can find better examples for you

Thank you kindly, it's very much appreciated

cheers,
Mary

 

[gsfgaz]

Danny, they r amazing whetstones mate ...

 

[QDanT]

Hi Mary I'm pleased that you like the Whetstones and that you've tried them

"Dan the little whetstones are beautiful and they work too ........played with my Opinel with them and it's razor sharp"

As I've been waiting for a confirmation that they actually work and are not just ornamental, even though they are rather eye catching. There seems to be an interest in them, so I'll post some in the "Swap Shop" market place.
Thanks for your reply and no rush what so ever to finish the trade, just when your ready. Best wishes Danny

 

[EdS]

going to have a wander that way today hopefully.

I might have to see what they are like if put in the polisher. How easy were they to drill - normal drills or diamond?

 

[QDanT]

going to have a wander that way today hopefully.

I might have to see what they are like if put in the polisher. How easy were they to drill - normal drills or diamond?

Normal they also cut for fun with a hacksaw I only used a diamond tile cutter as it was easier to make straight edges with.
Looks like your going to have a windy day it's blowing a gale here.

cheers Danny

 

[Toddy]

I've just spend five minutes rubbing one of the unfinished pieces on the back step (concrete) and guess what ? It works beautifully and has made a really good job of scouring it smooth
I let the dust build up, it's been raining here, so effectively the more I rubbed the more the stone polished up

Lovely stuff Thanks again Dan.

cheers,
M

 

[Grooveski]

Looks like a great days rockhounding. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Toddy]

Don't know if you have read this article in the journal of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Dan ?

http://pygs.lyellcollection.org/content/39/2/167.abstract

cheers,
M

 

[EdS]

rain and gale yesterday but it was nice to have to moor to myself.

 

[QDanT]

Don't know if you have read this article in the journal of the Yorkshire Geological Society, Dan ?

http://pygs.lyellcollection.org/content/39/2/167.abstract

cheers,
M

Hi no I haven't but it's wanting $30 to allow me to view for one day
even the FREE! extract wants $30 Are you a member ? or is it just me not cliking the right button ?
thanks though Danny

 

[QDanT]

rain and gale yesterday but it was nice to have to moor to myself.

Well there you are if you'd have taken a Teddy and a bottle of wine, it'd have been blue sky and cracking flags. I didn't see any one after I left the three peaks tram slot. Had Moughton to my self and had to stand up for dinner as the stones at the ruin were too hot to sit on.
Did you try the spring ? I've not gone belly up yet
cheers Danny

 

[EdS]

spring was fine - used it for my brew.

 

[QDanT]

With my broadband off for a few days with a fault at the exchange I had another visit to the Whetstone hole on Thursday I went up the way I came back on the last visit (see post 1) and taking a Teddy and a bottle of wine it was blue sky and sunshine the whole way round (told you EdS) This time I took my converted golf trolley and parked it up before having a brew and dinner with Australian Shiraz.

before cracking the whip and sending Teddy down the mine

Which was a good job as after a particularly rough bit of the track after another few hundred yards it suffered a terminal collapse

that couldn't even be fixed with posh bailer band ok parracord

it got as far as the cairn in the photo before and gave up the ghost.
Just thought I'd share cheers all Danny

 

[British Red]

Bloddy hell Danny thats some dedication!

Pm me your addy as you have earned a small comedy prize for all this!

Red

 

[JonathanD]

These stones are superb. You may need to make another trip before too long.

 

[Paganwolf]

Great post, wicked Teddy!

 

[JonathanD]

Teddy does go on the coolest adventures.

 

[launditch1]

Sorry, but i had to chuckle at the 'terminal collapse'!Nice haul there..
Has that place always been used for whetstones in the past?

 

[QDanT]

Sorry, but i had to chuckle at the 'terminal collapse'!Nice haul there..
Has that place always been used for whetstones in the past?

The Moughton Whetstone is a concentrically banded, (red/purple and green), mudstone that was quarried to make whetstones for the Sheffield razor industry.Sheffield has been the home of cutlery for almost a thousand years. Edward III (1312-1377) listed a Sheffield knife in his will when entombed in the Tower of London and in the 1380s, Chaucer wrote about a Sheffield knife in the Reeves Tale.

A breakthrough came in 1740 when a new technique was developed to produce high quality steel.Sheffield clockmaker Benjamin Huntsman wanted better clock springs and after years of experimenting in secret, he perfected a process to produce crucible steel.The invention turned the city into a world leader in the production of high quality cutlery.Huntsman’s crucible steel was also ideal for both the blades and the springs of pocket knives and other highly specialised instruments such as surgical knives and cut throat razors.Very quickly an industry within an industry began to boom and Sheffield pocket knives — as well as much larger sheathed hunting knives were being exported across the globe.

Links in post #1 cheers Danny

 

[QDanT]

- cheers Danny