- 1. Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: "Eugene D Abbondelo" <eabb@loc.gov>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:46:37 -0500
- I picked up an old, used oilstone at a flea market. Came in a metal box with the label: Norton Abrasives Combination Oilstone, part no." [can't make the rest out] I'd like to use this for sharpening,
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- 2. RE: Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:04:49 -0800
- What I was taught was that using an oilstone dry would lead to the pores clogging with metal fragments and eventually ruin the stone. It's not so much a matter of making the stone work better each t
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- 3. Re: Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:10:21 -0500
- I don't disagree with what you say about sharpening: It's what my grandfather told me. But: why isn't mineral oil petroleum based? -- David Scheidt dmscheidt@gmail.com
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- 4. RE: Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:11:10 -0500
- I thought mineral oil was petroleum. Check: http://www.answers.com/topic/mineral-oil
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- 5. RE: Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:12:30 -0800
- My bad, you're quite right. So that's not the reason not to use 3-in-1 as a honing oil, and I've forgotten what the reason is. Maybe there's no reason at all (but I'm sure I remember being told that
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- 6. Re: Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Gilroy" <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:47:15 -0800
- Use 3-in-1 on my stone my whole childhood and I don't remember any -g
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- 7. Re: Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:51:00 -0600
- I still do, although my childhood isn't nearly over even if it is well into its second half century !! Karl
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- 8. Re: Oilstone query (score: 1)
- Author: Charlie Schlismann <racegt6@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:31:28 -0800 (PST)
- Gene, I have a Norton Abrasives Combination Oilstone, part no. 186 in my drawer. Coarse and fine layered brick (dark grey and copper in color). Got it nearly new in 1973. I definitely remember being
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