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New Unidentified Hone
Hello all,I recently purchased a box lot of hones from a Carpenters estate.this hone stumps me.it is a soft feeling stone under a Razor it cuts finely and not fast.colour is pink with layers of off coloured tan. Attachment 198449 Attachment 198450 last pic is with a pinkish slurry. Dimensions are 6inches and 15/16's long.width is 1 inch and 9/16's height is 3/8's of an inch.
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It looks like a Belgian blue to me as well (Coticule blue side)
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Attachment 198523Attachment 198524 another stone freshly lapped and soaked.it looks similar to a Turkish oil stone imo.dimensions are 4x2x12/16ths inches .
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Brittle and soft to lap.feels as coarse as a soft ark imo.
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Attachment 198525 end picture of the layers in the stone.
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Firt is definitly a BBW (but not a Lorraine Rouge, Goldfisch, Salm Rouge)
Second is hindostan\hindustan-type sandstone.
Never heard about yellow turkey.
UPD: there http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ml#post1481795 and the next pages is more info about hindostan identification