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    Hey fellas I'm wondering if anyone can help me figure what this stone is or any info on grit or what stage I'd use it at in honing. It's grey on one side a reddish colour on the other .

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    Looks to me to be some kind of double grit Barber's hone, they are used to touch-up a razor and not really part of a progression.

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    Any more information obtained from cleaning lapping such as hard/soft, colour of slurry, smell, etc?

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    That stone is dirty. Can you clean it up and let us have another look at it? Thanks.
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    I'd say Barber's hone too. Perhaps a good cleaning, and some lapping. Actually, it looks a lot like my Dubl Duck Barber's hone, only larger. Mine has almost the same uneven pattern where the red and gray meet on the side. Here's some pics.
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    Thanks guys' when I first started lapping it with some wet/dry sand it was creating a whitish/creme/grey slurry I guess. I'll try some more tonite and take some photos and see what's up.

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    I did some lapping on the stone and it feels super hard. It's taking forever to lap the small dip in the middle of the red side out. Heres a couple pictures of both sides while lapping , the "slurry" feels thick and pasty, hope this helps anyone give me anymore insight on it .
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    Damm, Now it's starting to look like a Coticule? At least the top pic does. That's the same hone? Does it smell "Earthy"
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    Yep same hone. I was using a 400grit wet/dry and that's what it was doing. Couldn't put my finger on what it smelled like, but it wasn't strong by any means so I'm not sure.

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    I am more than before inclined to say man made barber hone.
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