Thread: Help with Hone I.D

I picked this up on a little RR trip to Japan in the late 60s,is inleted to a rosewood box,I have learned is used for keeping Kamisori,sort of a honing station so to speak,stone is glass hard and actually puts a very nice edge on blades,creates no slurry at all,anyone have any Idea as to what it may be,Thx in advance.

If I didn't know it was from Japan I'd say it could be a Soft or Hard Arkansas. I don't know anything about Japanese Stones, so for me not having seen a JNat like this doesn't mean anything.

Originally Posted by Piet

If I didn't know it was from Japan I'd say it could be a Soft or Hard Arkansas. I don't know anything about Japanese Stones, so for me not having seen a JNat like this doesn't mean anything.

I have to agree, it looks like an Arkie to me.

Japanese hones have ended up in Arkansas. Maybe an Arkansas hone ended up in Japan.

Slab of marble?

last week a japanese stone was on e-bay and it looked exactly like that one

Looks kinda granitic to me....
Any pics of the sides?

If it works nice, that's all that matters. I sure can't tell you anything about it (except that rosewood is not a native Japanese wood, and it's pretty odd to see it used on a "traditional" Japanese object like a kamisori box.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Japanese hones have ended up in Arkansas. Maybe an Arkansas hone ended up in Japan.

They have, I've seen them. Some people quite like them. Some don't.

Thx for the replys,is what it is,as the wife would say,is just an indian love stone(a friggin rock

Originally Posted by Utopian

Japanese hones have ended up in Arkansas. Maybe an Arkansas hone ended up in Japan.

Arkansas has been imported for sharpening surgical cutlery at this time.