What do you guys think this sharpening stone is?
http://i.ebayimg.com/02/%21Bci%21HSQ...fQ%7E%7E_3.JPG
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What do you guys think this sharpening stone is?
http://i.ebayimg.com/02/%21Bci%21HSQ...fQ%7E%7E_3.JPG
it has the nice colors of marble... what it is I leave to the experts :beer1:
Looks like marble to me too. Looking forward to more knowing folk coming along. How does it sharpen?
I think we can rule out basalt.
Arkansas?
Here is a pic of an outcrop of arkansas stone:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7/arkansas.jpg
Kind of looks like Kudu Horn to me. Based on the surface lustre, I would say that it's a Novaculite. Based on it's colour I would say it's either a lower grade of Washita stone, one of the earliest references to these stones in the literature describes them as being red or flesh-coloured; or, it might be a sample of the Novaculite that was quarried in Littleton, New Hampshire. These stones occurred in a variety of colours and grades on the same sill, but the stones of this colour were regarded as being superior to the softer, blue-coloured stones.
Kindest regards,
Alex
It's a Charnley Forrest, what are the dimensions?
Arkansas Translucent?