Thread: HAD PEOPLE LET'S resolve this challenge?

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 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.

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.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

No 100% sure about it. check the edges it seems like when it brakes down very very sharp edge forms. if you touch with your finger it will cut.
No escher or coticule has that characteristics.
yes it is come from ebay.
i hope someone will know something about this .

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

Originally Posted by ChrisL

used often as a whetstone even for razors and was also used to make gravestones.

Wow, so you can take them with you, brilliant!!!

Originally Posted by gugi

Wow, so you can take them with you, brilliant!!!

That is very comforting to know.

Originally Posted by gugi

Wow, so you can take them with you, brilliant!!!

Do you think it would be inappropriate to design a flat 8x3 section into your headstone so your friends and family can touch up a few razors while paying their respects?

Originally Posted by joke1176

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.

very interesting Joe