Thread: 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?

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:

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

Thank you

Originally Posted by Mikeinri

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

Thank you

Where did you buy it ? UK?

No purchased on ebay right from usa in Connecticut. Was part of a lot.

Wow! That's a nice lot of stones, and that Turkey Oilstone is beautiful!!

Congrats!

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.