[Regia-NA] an introduction

[Peter James]

Hi.

Coming late to this thread but I have heard another theory. The small
stones may have been used to compare the purity of silver offered to the
owner.

Apparently if (first thing in the morning) you mark your stone with a
piece of silver of known purity, you can compare the mark made with
another made by a silver item offered by a trader.

If the marks are the same the purity is the same, if not, buyer beware !

Pete

Sudden Service #5 wrote:
> 
>     Thanks to all who have replied.  I will probably be making them as part
> of my standard merchandise when I start merchanting as Olaf's Plunder again.
> Looking at the cost of the equipment (making 5 of them I used up a diamond
> drill bit) & materials used in making them, the ones with copper o-rings
> will probably be priced at around $18 & the silver ones around $25.
>     What some of the people are missing is that the stones are not the big
> Arkinsaw sharpening stones like you see now of days, but more of a pocket
> size like comes with some hunting knifes.  They are not meant for sharpening
> a blunt edge, but rather to touch up the edge of a blade that has become
> dull under use.  For that you do not need a large stone, just something a
> few inches long.  I am making them in the size & shapes I saw at the Viking
> exhibit.  One of them is a banded agate, the other 4 are a pinkish stone
> that was  purchased as a whet stone.  Women probably kept them on their
> belts with other sewing tools & men probably kept them where ever they kept
> their personal items (where did they keep their ear spoons by the way?)
> Pax,
> Olaf
> 
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