Llyn Idwal Grecian flea market find

Found this at the flea market, spent the afternoon cleaning it up and wish I would have got a photo of before, I had no idea if it was synthetic or natural until it got cleaned up.

I assume it's a Llyn Idwal based on similar photos after I googled "black spots on razor hone" and was able to identify. I am also amazed at how smooth it is, like butter. One of my tricks for gauging stones is to rub them on my teeth, just a small touch is all it takes, certainly don't want to remove the enamel. This one feel very much on my tooth like a SS12k or GS20, soft silky and rubbery.

I definitely plan to keep this bad boy in my collection and will be trying it out soon.
Enjoy
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back side, fair amount of inclusions that I would probably choose to never touch with a razor.
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Smart sidmind, rubbing stone on tooth, that is exactly the way to tell if an Pearl is real or not, instant tell. So, time to go rub Vermio and others on my teeth...

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Originally Posted by FAL

Smart sidmind, rubbing stone on tooth, that is exactly the way to tell if an Pearl is real or not, instant tell. So, time to go rub Vermio and others on my teeth...

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I have freaked out more than one person at an antique store by rubbing it on my tooth, clearly if its a rough synthetic there is no need. but it does work on vintage water stones, I can tell the difference between a low quality thurigan or high end Esher. This stone is a smooth and silky as the highest quality known stones I own, and I have loads of them.

It kind of looks like green vermont slate

Looks like a nice hone. When honing, be sure to keep your fingers beneath the hone! ;-)