Thread: Hone ID please

This stone is a natural , and is black, very smooth and fine like glass, it will slurry white but very slow to slurry. It is a very good finisher and would like help in identifying it,thanks. I did buy it here at SRP from someone who thought it to be thuringian but I personally don't believe it to be thuringian.

On the first view it looks like a slate stone, but as it really looks well polished i think it might be a Hard or Hard Black Arkansas, also a totally white slurry speaks for an Ark...

Did you polished the stone that way or did you got it that way ?

Can you add some slurry and daylight shots ?

I would have wilt stub at it also as black ark.

It does lean more into a hard black Arkansas hone, I lapped it with a dmt ,600 grit plate and it polished up with a shiny glass like finish, thanks for the info.

That looks more like a basalt to me. Is the stone coloration itself very uniform or does it have sort of a spotty look? Arks are very uniform in color usually, though sometimes they have some streaks. Basalt often shows a sort of spotty coloration and polishes to a high shine much easier than an Ark.

What is the finish on the bevel like?

A black ark will leave a hazy, Kazumi finish, Slates will leave a straited finish, under magnification.

Not sure what it is but it is a very good looking stone. Wouldn't mind having it sitting in the collection, even if I didn't do anything other than look at it.