New here, and about a month or so into wet shaving. I'm really interested in the prospect of restoring and maintaining all the razors I've gotten so far (some cheapo's from eBay as well as a few decent finds at flea markets, e.g. a super sharp wade& butcher and a Torrey that needs some TLC).

I've been honing my honing skills and knowledge most recently and, long story short, I mentioned this to a guy in his 50s who drinks at the bar I work at said he had his dad's old stone in the garage, and that he didn't use it so I could have it.

His dad was a butcher, so I had to lap the hell out of it and clean it on and off using the different methods I found here and on a few other forums and wiki's, and this is where I'm at so far:

unidentified hone - Album on Imgur

I've been digging and digging but I haven't been able to find anything like it... The reddish side looked mostly unused and was very smooth, but as I've been cleaning and soaking and boiling and scrubbing and degreasing it, the color is changing from a red I've come to associate with fine India, but the splotches of color continuing to fade maxes me think I'm getting closer to getting it as clean as it can be.

It's 7x2x3/4, and the side he used is orange/brown with little black specks, the other side is some kind of tan/orange.

Thanks in advance for your help, everyone :-)