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I'm happy with the hones I have found. The BBW/Coti will be a great addition to my razor hones. The other two will find a use with a small collection of knives which will be coming out of storage and...

I played with the second from the left a bit today. After some cleaning I was able to make out the words MEDIUM, ..DIA and OIL.

So I am thinking this might be an old Indian Oil stone. I'm...

When I was buying these stones, the old guy out of whose hands I had to snatch the coti, said he thought the other one was an Arkansas.
Where would this be used in a honing progression? Would it be...

I went to an antiques fair today and I came back with some old hones. The first one is obviously a bbw/coticle. The next one I have no idea and I haven't had much of a chance to clean and play with...

Mine was wrapped in the Bangkok Post.

I bought this at a road side stall in the middle of nowhere in Thailand on my way back to Bangkok. I think it is granite. I have since had a go at flattening it, but its bloody hard stuff. I think it...