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I got this from a seller who said
i perty sure this clear grade oil was mined in england.
What would be the rarity level to this stone.
Cause it much different then my vintage clear arkansas stones.
I use for my razors.
Is soft enough to take well to water.
At the risk of being (shudder) wrong, it looks like an arkansas translucent to me.
+1 it is an ARkie and I have never been wrong! Well once I thought I made a mistake but I was mistaken.
Seller could be right. Do you have moreinformation about the stone, size, how hard to lap with comparison to translucent arkie, etc.
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Originally Posted by Suile
At the chance of sounding facetious, as this is a Natural stone I can say with absolute certainty that it is the only one exactly like it in the entire world,, There might be a few mined and cut from right next to it that are close be that is a unique example :p
I also lean toward a Novaculite of some type
I love when people agree with me. :yQuote:
Originally Posted by jaswarb
it looks like a ark to me can you remove it from the box how hard is it to lap ? looking close at the stone i can see a small pressure flake so its a hard stone probably a translucent
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it looks like the Translucent Arkansas stone in this photo, on the far right. it IS a translucent but has inclusions, I think they are pretty. the inclusions are a different grit, for a knife it doesn't matter so much, as that stone in the photo sharpens knives real well. I have a good number of translucents with inclusions that look similar to yours, some are also yellowish like yours.
Novaculite also. Darkness may be due to the oil that's been used on it, and it may be due to the natural color of the stone.
Confusing that you say it's soft enough, can you scratch the side of it with a fingernail? Translucent arkansas stones (regardless of color) are notoriously hard.
You two aren't related are you, Jimmy?Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I just bought this yeaterday and talked to the seller and he said I just got the last black and trans. ark stones he had. :mexwave::tuQuote:
Originally Posted by sidmind
i got no clue about natural stones have never used then but damn that looks sexy lol
Yea i like the how that one looks
different then any other clear stone i have.
Man i preful natural stones.
For my razors and knifes.
I bought a set of two diamond plates and
all i use them for is to make flat the nice natural.
stones i buy and find.
I even found a nice looking rock in a pile of rocks.
Don't expect the naturals to out perform the Super stones or the Shaptons. It ain't gunna' happen. (My opinion)Quote:
Originally Posted by nycexit2
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