Thread: Mystery Hone ID Request

Can anyone here ID this mystery barber hone?

It's a standard barber hone size @ 4-7/8" long x 1-15/16" wide and a little thin @ 5/16" thickness.

It's pretty damn hard and a beast to lap, but it did give up a little bit of light gray-ish slurry in the process.

Lapping gave off a strong and pleasant, deep earthy scent much like the older, vintage coticules. (The newer coticules smell nice enough, but those super dense Old Rock / Deep Rock / Salm coticules have a strong perfume!)

When finished up to a 1K surface, the stone feels like glass.

TEST: I took a decent 8K edge to the stone with water only, and the result was a very sharp (yet more fuzzy than polished) shaving edge that tree-topped arm hairs with ease.

GUESS: I've never owned a petrified wood hone, but I've read about them. And this does have a very strong wood grain pattern...

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Chris

PS -- That small inclusion-looking spot in photo #1 isn't an inclusion. It's just part of the pattern and perfectly smooth across. Same with the large speckled area in photo #2.