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    Default Can anyone help me identify the origin of this natural stone?

    Any help will be appreciated. I have never owned a stone like this. It was quite covered in dirt and grime and actually cemented to a wood base. I got everything freed up and all of the cement chipped off. Then I soaked for couple of days and some light sandpaper and dawn with water and this is what I see. Looks like gold flakes?
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    Default Can anyone help me identify the origin of this natural stone?

    Its a Pierre Du Levant, Pierre Du L'est or better said a Turkey Oil Stone...

    This seems to have been soaked or cooked in oil...then they appear darker, looking more brown/golden....

    Those stones are really great stones, quite fast when used with slurry depending on the quality they can work in a coarse/medium to fine area....

    Thats how they look when they werent used or soaked with oil:



    One which was soaked:

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Size:  20.0 KBIt actually looks quite a bit lighter when it is dry. I showed pics while wet to see the color and pattern

    Thank you
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeinri View Post
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    Thank you
    Where did you buy it ? UK?
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    Wow! That's a nice lot of stones, and that Turkey Oilstone is beautiful!!

    Congrats!

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    Thank you. Was lucky to have that stone in there. Almost didn't clean it as it looked like a slate in the condition it was in. Most are not going to be able to be used on razors but they will be ok for knives. Was a crystolon and carborundum and other combination stones that are more for tools. Also a coticule. That's what prompted me to buy and the possibility of maybe one of those being a thuri.

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