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    I confess, I was impaired, had a tooth extracted and .....well, I probably shouldn't go further with that. So in the last 4 minutes of a auction I see this stone which I convince myself is a natural stone, not a synthetic. One of our fellow members openly ridiculed me and suggested I stay away from Ebay (this is the 3rd purchase that has been questionable so he has a point). I guess now I wonder just what this 'oilstone' is. It does not look like the carborundum of old, but I have not looked at oil stones in a long long time.Name:  Stone3.jpg
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    To me it looks like a barbers hone, i dont think its a natural.
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    161115226915 That is the auction number...it is huge if it is a barbers hone. I'm sure you are right, it is not a natural stone but on my monitor it seemed to have flecks of another color in the stone...that is what snagged me.
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    To me it looks like a barbers hone, i dont think its a natural.
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    With only the info and pics supplied my guess is a Surgical Black Arkansas, in hand I might change that

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    Don't think it is a barber hone: 1 inch hight is not typical for barber hones. @Glen: isn't it too greenish-brown for a surgical black?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
    Don't think it is a barber hone: 1 inch hight is not typical for barber hones. @Glen: isn't it too greenish-brown for a surgical black?
    LOL see in my monitor it looks "Black" just plain Black
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    What mean kimosabe? The density of the hone could give you more information?
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    Quote Originally Posted by WW243 View Post
    What mean kimosabe? The density of the hone could give you more information?
    Probably, High Quality Arkies are pretty dense, sorta like my head, full of rocks and pretty dense at least that is what my wife tells me often enough

    Plus the Slurry the Smell and how steel feels moving across it all these are clues
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    Hey what are friends for if not to pick on and make fun of.
    Just kidding of course.
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    You can always set a gnome on it in your garden if it does not pan out!
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