Thread: Mystery hone, photos included

Because it's fairly coarse and soft, and looks regular and porous, I'd say it's artificial. Vintage India?

It seems a light orangey-brown, but that could be oil and grime - any idea about the original colour? Any clues on where or for what purpose it was obtained?


Edit: just read the original thread where you already addressed some of the above - sorry!

Some other questions then (not to be rude, just very curious about the stone too):
Why do you think it's a natural stone?
In your first post you wrote 'coarser than a Swaty, finer than a Cushioned Strop hone' here 'finer than 1k sandpaper, coarser than Cushioned Strop barber hone'?
You flattened the hone and now estimate the colour at dark brown with lighter and darker areas. Apart from sanding, have you cleaned the stone (as in soaking in detergent or the like), or could the colour still be affected by absorbed oil?