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    I inherited this stone from my father who was a carpenter. It is greenish in color, natural stone not composite as can be seen from the underside which is rough hewn.
    If I scratch it it has a lighter green/blue chalky consistance. It is probably from England so I don't think it is an Arkansas stone!
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    Looks like a Llyn Idwal (UK). I have one that looks like yours. With the 1/10th of its thickness. For me, it works best if it's lapped to a very fine degree, 5000 grit sandpaper or higher. Really hard, and fine. It's one of my favourites.

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    yeah thats a Llyn Idwal good call vasilis .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vasilis View Post
    Looks like a Llyn Idwal (UK). I have one that looks like yours. With the 1/10th of its thickness. For me, it works best if it's lapped to a very fine degree, 5000 grit sandpaper or higher. Really hard, and fine. It's one of my favourites.
    + 1 Lynn Idwal my favorite finisher

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    Sorry to be pain. Can you show more detail of the stone? Especialy if there are any discolorations, crasks fisures. So far I would say either lower grit CF or LI.

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    thats a good call on low grit adrspash i notice the chipping on the side of the stone looks a lot like what i see on soft arks if it was super hard it would flake chip (ime)

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    You do have a point. How hard is this stone? Mine, the one I was saying it looks like this one, is the hardest stone I have ever seen. The back side of the stone was rough, and it looked more like this one, not like big broken pieces of flake. I can't remember it clearly, with their black glue etc, but that's the impression I have. And, on this one, you can see the flakes near the corners.

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