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    Default Lookie, lookie! Lovely, lovely!

    I picked this up about two weeks ago. The price I paid for it would not buy me a bag of popcorn at my local theater. It had been severely abused by it's previous owner, and left for dead. Took a little work for me to get it back in shape, but was well worth it.
    It puts a lovely edge on a straight razor.

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    And all cleaned up.

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    Wonderful find!
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    Great find! What are the measurements?
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    The older I get the more I realize how little I actually know.

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    Thanks, guys. She measures 1 and 9/16" (so about 1.5") X 7".
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    Quote Originally Posted by SRNewb View Post
    The price I paid for it would not buy me a bag of popcorn at my local theater.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
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    Hahahahaha!
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    What lind of a venue did you procure said rock?????
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    Thrift store. It had sat there for at least a month. I even looked at it once but passed on it, thinking it was just another Aluminum Oxide stone. Wasn't until I picked it up and turned it over that I knew it had possibilities. But my eyes are bad, and I could not make out the label. Bought it, took it home and looked at it with magnification, and happy happy.
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    Lucky sod
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    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    Amazing find for an unbelievable price!
    I found an unlabeled/unboxed thuri in the same manner once, don't expect to be lucky line that ever again.
    Can you make out the color label on the end of the stone?
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