Has anyone ever heard of a made in England fine India? I just got one and it says Norton Abrasives (Pike) Norton Grinding Wheel Co. Welwyn Garden City, Hertz. Its a NOS , and was dead flat, looks like it was used maybe a dozen times, by the swarf on top. The box has a tear on one end, but for its age its pretty good.Its a FB8 its says No 0, beside 8x2x1, but it measured 15/16" thick. Man this thing is quality just like the old India stones finer, harder etc. Now it measures 1/32" less thick, because i had and i choose to lap, for some odd reason it had three hairline cracks on one side , each about 1/8" long. Anyways it looked to be made that way, it looks like it maybe have been fired/vertrifed too long maybe. The cracks are gone now lost about a 1/32" of thickness. I chose to do so, so the stone would not have any weak points, and i am glad i did, because the India is my favorite, especially the Old stock, this one is just like to the Troy, Ny ones. And man aint nobody going to wear one of these out in two or three lifetimes. Man i did the grunt work with a 30 grit SIC on porcelain tile and it took over 2 hours to remove this much stone, lol my arm, and did some sweating even in the AC in my utility room!! Finished with 150 grit SIC, it will settle in Nice. Probably be close in fineness to a Soft arky when settles in. I like to keep my stones conditioned though, but with these type of indias once they settle in for some reason they dont Glaze if they are kept clean.
I wish i had enough sense to post pics, but i don't know how? Anyways its lapped, all corners chamfered, and its in Degreaser now, i prefer to use mine dry and clean with Smith's honing solution, sometimes I use the solution if i am doing a lot of work on the fine India, but most of the time i use dry. Nice color as well its kinda a tannish Orange, it has some blackish and brownish specks, not many probably about 10 specks about the size of a grain of salt, but its mostly uniform in color, the specks are just random larger grit particles that were in the mix when it was fired, but it doesn't effect the 'fineness' its a typically just like the Troy Ny, but maybe harder, the color on these are unique from other Indias!! These stones i have noticed over the past few years are getting harder to find, mostly now you see the combi stones from that time period a lot. Going to get a wooden box for it... Anyways i was curious, what time frame does this stone date?
I wish i had enough sense to post pics, but i don't know how? Anyways its lapped, all corners chamfered, and its in Degreaser now, i prefer to use mine dry and clean with Smith's honing solution, sometimes I use the solution if i am doing a lot of work on the fine India, but most of the time i use dry. Nice color as well its kinda a tannish Orange, it has some blackish and brownish specks, not many probably about 10 specks about the size of a grain of salt, but its mostly uniform in color, the specks are just random larger grit particles that were in the mix when it was fired, but it doesn't effect the 'fineness' its a typically just like the Troy Ny, but maybe harder, the color on these are unique from other Indias!! These stones i have noticed over the past few years are getting harder to find, mostly now you see the combi stones from that time period a lot. Going to get a wooden box for it... Anyways i was curious, what time frame does this stone date?
