I have often bought stones at flea markets and swapmeets, for how they look, up until a few years ago I could buy Arks cheap ($1-5)) just for how they looked, pattern and color. Now for some reason, thank you SRP, arks are hot and cheap stones are harder to find.

I still buy cheap black oily stones, especially from the bottom of a toolbox and always if boxed, cleaning them is like unwrapping a Christmas present. If they are old and boxed, they are usually something special.

I am a sucker for Karasu though, they aren’t near Ark prices.

Nice stones, how do they cut?