Bought it, but what is it?!

Thanks in advance for the help. I spotted this one for sale on eBay and decided to purchase it. Yes, I have no idea what it is. Yes, it wasn't even for sale as a razor hone, so it could be completely useless. On the other hand, doesn't that kind of look like a razor hone in the photos? And who carves a whole stand out of walnut just for a pocketknife hone?

Anyway, I don't even have the hone in my hands yet, but I know how much accumulated wisdom is floating around here on a regular basis, so I thought I'd post the photos and ask for your help -- does anyone have any good ideas about what this is that I just bought? Thanks!! --Jeff

Forgot to add this too -- it is definitely a hone of some kind, as that's how the seller identified it, so please no jokes about my purchasing a piece of petrified dog poop. And I didn't mean to sound completely irresponsible, but the price was only $12.50.

Congratulations .
it is 1 of the sign of HAD.

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...so please no jokes about my purchasing a piece of petrified dog poop.

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Of course not. Coprolites are no joking matter. Well, maybe... You have to lap forever to get the striations out! :D

Yea, I've been suffering with this HAD thing for a while. Ever since I realized that it's really not the razor but the honing that makes the shave, I've been going through hone listings on eBay like Indiana Jones in an Incan burial site. Every stone I see looks like something worth trying, at least until I buy it and get it home -- some of them are worse for sharpening razors than my driveway. Anyway, this one looked shiny and well-cared-for, so I bought it! If that's HAD, then I don't want to be cured!!

I hope you follow-up with more pics and some user impressions when you get it home.... that looks really interesting in the picture.

Good someone here beat me on it :p I was low bid just for curriosity :p Looks interesting for sure.

Dwarven, if I get it and can't use it, I will offer it to you first. Agreed that it looks interesting, but who can tell anything from these photos. Anyway, I'll let you know when it comes in. --Jeff

Is that a Jaguar silhouette I see on the top of the hone??? Hmmmm :)
have a nice weekend.
Mike

I would say it looks like stones used for caligraphy. The rest hard to say from the pics.

To me, it looks like a big ol' piece of fudge.

For $12.50 it is worth it just to find out what it is, and is cheaper than going to a movie.

It looks like a hone made from jasper.
Is there a clue where it came from.
The carved base looks like the carved base of
a chrysanthemum stone I have.

Some stones are just for meditation too.

If it reminds you of a forest or a water fall.
Meditation on a Stone | telshemesh.org

Calligraphy stones are often slate and have a shallow
basin at one end.

Is it magnetic? meteorite?

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I hope you follow-up with more pics and some user impressions when you get it home.... that looks really interesting in the picture.

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+1 on the above. It looks most interesting.

Thanks all for the good info. I have no idea what a calligraphy stone is, but I will look into it while I'm waiting for my package to arrive!

It looks a bit like a very well-used lithographic stone to me - a very fine sedimentary stone used in litho image printmaking.

Regards,
Neil

My guess is a well oiled piece of sandstone. Sorry.

I've seen something similar in an antique store close to me but the "stone" is wood and it will not come out of the case or what ever it is. They are asking $20 for it.

Sure be nice to see some close ups after a lapping.
Interesting rock.

Marc

That stone is from MARS!!! Probably about 1.500.000 grit.

Now you need 20,50,150,300,800 thousand grit stones
otherwise the 1.500.000 grit stone is useless.:)

Seriously I have no idea what that stone is. Looks nice though.