Natural Pucks

[nickzdon]

Found these digging in the deep recesses of the shop basement at work. Natural Arkansas stone pucks. Soft and hard black. Never seen anything like these before.

 

[jpeeler]

I've seen some like these around, but not many. I think it's more fashionable these days to use smaller stone pucks, but I really like the big ones. I have one from traditional woodworker that I use to hone broad axes.

 

[Square_peg]

Those are cool. I bet that hard black puts a nice finish on an edge.

 

[nickzdon]

I've seen the 4" carborundum pucks but never in natural Arkansas stones. Honestly I'm not a fan of pucks because the tend to dish out and aren't transferable between axes with different grind profiles once they do. But maybe the Arkansas stone will hold up better.

 

[jpeeler]

This is the one I have. I don't use it that much, so it hasn't deformed or worn odd. Does great on chisels and anything with a chisel grind.

 

[nickzdon]

Ah! Thanks for the link!

 

[M3mphis]

Ooooo...nice! I want some of those!!!!

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

The black one in particular is quite the find!