Well, well, Ink Stone huh. Well i bought for 2 dollars and it came with a box. I fuguired it had to something with ink because it was getting on my fingers when i was washin it off the stone. i turned it over and i felt the smoothness of it and it was nice. I tried to hone some knives with it and it came out nice. lol hey I got my 2 dollars worth then some. Thanks for your answer. Right on the dot!