The edges do break with a novaculite look. It could have come from New york, Vermont, Maine, Mass.. but sorry I don't know what colors were in those old quarries. Without evidence of oil it makes it hard to say.
Hindostan is a sandstone fwiw
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The edges do break with a novaculite look. It could have come from New york, Vermont, Maine, Mass.. but sorry I don't know what colors were in those old quarries. Without evidence of oil it makes it hard to say.
Hindostan is a sandstone fwiw
That is a monster box that it came in. Is there a drawer/second level to it?
As for the hone itself, looks like a rock to me :fim: I can't tell the difference between hones to save my life. Only thing I know is Japanese stones usually are not a regular shape.:confused:
Dang it Sham, this is the 2nd stone I let get away because I'm too frugal (cheap). I need to give the credit card some exercise. I have no clue about the stone and assumed from the auction discription it may have been a coticule. I believe the box however will date to about 1850-1880. The moldings are very characteristic of that time period. Great score.
That sharp edge characteristic, and the chisel marks makes me think of flint or other chert-type stone:
Flint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
check out the colors on the axe head picture on the Right side of the page, the colors look similar.
A lot of stones break like this but what actually made me guess it is something along those lines,
are the little dark waves on the upper edge of the hone in the first picture.
Flint gives off a sulfur type smell when you hit it with another, btw. Nothing you want to try I guess.
I'm giving Sham negative rep for this thread.
let this be a warning to the rest of you HAD enablers
ok seriously
looks like novaculite
the waxy lustre
the cleavage
the super hardness