I do pretty well with Razors, Strops, Brushes, Scuttles and Mugs but Natural Stones have me completely perplexed. I know the best place to get one is the Classifieds here hut wondering if there is much chance of making a solid buy using whatever keen observation or if it is a leap of faith on Auction Sites like eBay.

I look at those stones and aside from obvious cracks dunno what I'm looking for. If it is a stone local to the country the Seller is from does that account for a lower price? There are just huge price swings out there.

Anybody have info they'd like to share on a nice Stone score and how they determined it was the right deal?