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yet another dubious mystery hone thread...
hey fellas, sorry in advance.
my brother, sweet as he is, came upon the hone in the box and bought it for me (cheaply) not knowing anything about hones or razors...he just knows i have the nortons and that there are lots of highly desirable vintage stones out there. the bout was just something weird i found in my grandpa's garage. both were used with oil (the boxed hone was dark grey/black when i got it...as you can see remnants of in the scooped out middle)...i just spent a LITTLE time with a flatting hone (not enough to make it flat, as you can see) just so i can get a glimpse underneath.
I'm guessing the boxed is some form of arkansas...it's kind of a pale brown (not as orange-ish as the picture would lead you to believe...sorry for the bad light), heavy, very fine (8,000k+ by my estimation), permanently affixed tot the box and has kind of a yellowish slurry (it started out greenish, but got more yellowish the more oil i removed).
the bout, i have no idea...if i see a bout i typically assume coti, but the underside is kind of strange...it's entirely possible this is some form of arkansas as well.
I have no high hopes that I have stumbled on something special...but since it was a nice gesture, I figure I would check with the pros before tossing them.
Thanks!
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