Arkansas "Blue-Black" novaculite stone
Greetings: My name is JD and I just joined the SRP forum this evening. I'm wanting to learn and my first question is about a super grade of Arkansas Novaculite sharpening stone I have. I got this stone from a guy in Hot Springs Arkansas who used to work for one of the companies that mined novaculite back in the 60s. He said that this particular grade had been mined out and was very hard to find now a days.
He called it a "blue-black" stone. It has a surface that is about as smooth as glass and it has a texture that I've never felt on any other Arkansas novaculite stone before. And I've had many Arkansas stones over the years. The only one I have that is even close to this one is an older BUCK hard ARkansas Stone I got back in the early 70s. It is white-opaque and it is really small. I remember I paid about $15 for that stone in the early 70s and that was a chunk of change back in those days.
Well anyway I just wonder if any of you straight razor professionals have ever heard of the Arkansas "blue-black" stone? Or are any of you aware of this really hard BUCK stone I just mentioned? Also can any of you direct me to a forum here at SRP that talks about sharpening and sharpening tools? Great to be aboard and I look forward to getting aquainted with you guys :)>>> JD