Stone ID

**avatar1999** · 10-14-2009, 04:31 PM

What do you guys think this sharpening stone is?

**mainaman** · 10-14-2009, 05:18 PM

it has the nice colors of marble... what it is I leave to the experts

**AlanII** · 10-14-2009, 05:27 PM

Looks like marble to me too. Looking forward to more knowing folk coming along. How does it sharpen?

**Bruce** · 10-14-2009, 05:54 PM

I think we can rule out basalt.

**Neil Miller** · 10-14-2009, 06:45 PM

Arkansas?

Here is a pic of an outcrop of arkansas stone:

**A_S** · 10-14-2009, 07:23 PM

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

**Kingfish** · 10-14-2009, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Arkansas?

Here is a pic of an outcrop of arkansas stone:

That stone could use some lapping

What an awsome picture!

**avatar1999** · 10-14-2009, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by AlanII

Looks like marble to me too. Looking forward to more knowing folk coming along. How does it sharpen?

If it were my stone, I would tell ya how it sharpens

Just wondered what it might be to see if it would be worth buying...

**blaireau** · 10-14-2009, 08:19 PM

It's a Charnley Forrest, what are the dimensions?

**zib** · 10-14-2009, 08:23 PM

Arkansas Translucent?

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