[Regia-NA] Testing a Theory about whetstones!

[Ian Uzzell]

Wrong, Kim!  The pictures are at the bottom of the page labelled
"frojelfind82" etc.

Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. K. Siddorn" <kim.siddorn@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Testing a Theory about whetstones!


> Erm, no. Wrong number Sandy!
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Kim Siddorn.
>
> The early bird may get the worm -
> but the second mouse gets the cheese!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frojel Gotlandica" <frojel@dcsi.net.au>
> To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Testing a Theory about whetstones!
>
>
> If you look at the Frojel page, gallery 25   find No 82, 83, 84, 85 you
will
> see a pin from a large cloak
> brooch which has been used as Hack Silver. note the large number of cuts
in
> the metal. An excellent
> example.
>  http://www.frojel.com/_index.html
> Cheers
> Sandy
>
>
> >Hey,
> >No one mentioned that apparently most (if not nearly all) bits of silver
> >found (particularly hack silver in hoards) contain nicks and such marks
> >from testing.
> >
> >Very interesting.
> >
> >Do you have a digital camera?  Maybe you could take some pictures?  If
you
> >have a scanner, I bet you could scan the stone directly.  Although I'd
> >suggest putting a sheet of clear acetate or something on the glass of the
> >scanner first.
> >
> >If you don't have a DC or scanner, if you want to loan me your stone,
I'll
> >take some pictures and then send it back to you.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >Tom
> >
> >At 09:24 PM 7/10/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Hej!
> >>     Well I have to eat my words.  The whetstone test for impure silver
> >>worked far better than I expected it to.  I first took a piece of fine
> >>silver (.9999) & made an initial rub test spot it looked kind of dark,
not
> >>shinny at all.  Next to the fine silver I rubbed a piece of Sterling
> (.925)
> >>& the mark was noticeably a little darker.  I then debased a small piece
> of
> >>fine silver with about an equal weight of brass wire (I don't know the
> exact
> >>composition of the wire I used) by melting them together, I pickled &
> >>polished the resulting silver compound (.5~).  It was about the same
color
> >>as the Sterling when viewed as a piece of silver, but notably less
> malleable
> >>than the fine silver.  When I rubbed it on the other side of my test
mark
> it
> >>came out much darker than either the fine silver or the Sterling.  While
I
> >>am not ready to concede that this was the only purpose of the
whetstones,
> I
> >>will believe it is one possible use for a commonly carried item.  Ain't
> >>experimental archaeology great!
> >>Pax,
> >>Olaf
> >>
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