Thread: Help me identify this hone?

Originally Posted by dave5225

If it's eating up your lapping plate , my guess would be Hard Arkansas .

I was hoping it would turn out to be a giant brick of chocolate

use oven cleaner or salt will clean up the oil. if i were you i wouldn't mess with that stone. it is broken and not much useful except for knifes.

Originally Posted by bharner

I was hoping it would turn out to be a giant brick of chocolate

Just as long as it's not the stuff inside malt balls.

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

i wouldn't mess with that stone. it is broken

Yeah, but look how big it is compared to his shoes!
He can cut it into at least a dozen normal sized stones.

that looks to be a hard ark my to came in a box with a piece of leather nailed to the top of it clean it up with some easy off oven spray it will take a few coatings heres a pic of my hard ark its the stone to the left but they are both hard arks

Don't think one can do any good honing on it with the crack in the middle no matter which material is it.

It looks like a Norton Oil stone. One side is coarse, the yellow side, and the other side is fine, and looks like a Charnley almost...here are some pics....Mine is 11 1/2 x 2 1/2
Leather is also used by woodworkers, even knife sharpener's. I used leather for years when I sharpened knives....

I have Arkansas stones. My Hard Arkie is gray. The soft is pink...How many different colors are there?

I'm not sure what Norton used..

1st question to zib what kind of norton is that stone it looks like a washita glued to a sythetic (yellow side) and to answer your question on how many colors are there . the variations of colors can be found within the different grades of stones color alone does not determine the grade or classification of the stone. Arkansas whetstones can be found with any of the following colors: pink, gray, rust red, black, blue-black, white, brown, purplish red yellow orange . At times, one will find a combination of some of these colors in the same stone. Color however, does not distinguish the difference in the hardness of the stone. With a trained eye color can be used as one factor when distinguishing between grades of stone. But, only when used in conjunction with other indicators such as opacity, texture, luster, weight and mining formation. Using only the differences in color during the grading process is not a reliable indicator of stone grade