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that looks like jasper as prior to another x hone thread.

It's just my opinion, but it looks a LOT like the hones quarried out of southern Indiana in the mid 1800s...the ones that are found as grave stones mostly.....I went to one of those grave yards a few months ago while in Indiana and that looks more like them than anything else I have seen, but without holding them side by side I can't be sure of course...

Originally Posted by Memorael

that looks like jasper as prior to another x hone thread.

i couldn't find another x hones . i find x hones and none is similar to this one. we had most people said it is most likely grave stone.

From Roy Underhill's potential sources for home made whetstones. compiled from L.S. Griswold 1890 geological survey.

"There is a novaculite in Lincoln County on a low hill.....It is straw colored to grennish white.

Seems more likely than jasper??

As I said in another thread the Hindostan is a very fine grained compact sandstone: info sourced from the above

If you should read the original text you will find the term Novaculite is not a scientific term or limited to Arkansas stone.

While Orange stone is compact it is classed as a sandstone. Those which produce concodial fractures, show transparent edges are novaculites.

Originally Posted by kevint

If you should read the original text you will find the term Novaculite is not a scientific term or limited to Arkansas stone.

While Orange stone is compact it is classed as a sandstone. Those which produce concodial fractures, show transparent edges are novaculites.

My guess is this stone is a novaculite variety too.

We are used to seeing select grade novaculite whetstones, in which the manufacturer has cut and processed only the flawless raw stone into quality whetstones.

The stone above looks weathered and flawed, properly collected above the ground (after being exposed to the elements for hundreds of years), then using basic tools it was milled, lapped and knapped into a rough rectangular shape.

I believe it is old (mid-late 1800’s?) and primitively made but must be a great stone because someone more recently (early 1900’s?)took the time and effort to make a well made wooden box to house it in.

Hi_ bud_ gl ,If you hold it up to sunlight, are the edges translucent?
Nice to have a stone like that.

Below is example of similar looking novaculite stone in the “raw”

This is an unknown stone but claimed to be charnley forest. Actually is probably Arkansas.
Fracturing looks similar
Charnley Forrest hone natural razor sharpening stone?? - eBay (item 120465549112 end time Sep-05-09 12:59:42 PDT)

Sorry to say that stone is trash.

Originally Posted by kevint

From Roy Underhill's potential sources for home made whetstones. compiled from L.S. Griswold 1890 geological survey.

"There is a novaculite in Lincoln County on a low hill.....It is straw colored to grennish white.

Seems more likely than jasper??

As I said in another thread the Hindostan is a very fine grained compact sandstone: info sourced from the above

Would you happen to have a link to the Underhill article you mention?

Regards,
Alex

That's just a page and a half in the The Wood Wrights Companion.

Which is no online as far as I know.
Here is the original text:
Annual report of the Geological ... - Google Books.

Roy's compilation is much quicker to reference, but it is not nearly as interesting as the Whetstone Geological report.