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Ahh well that's interesting. Hmm..In the instance that this is one of those, I've used the deglazer inappropriately, with good sharpening results. lol. Maybe someone else is willing to try it out,...

For anyone that might be interested. I have honed a couple razors using this stone as a replacement for the Norton 4/8. It's been working wonderfully so far. I use the little stone it came with as...

I'm not sure Piet. I only have my suspected hindostans to compare against. They are absolutely sedimentary stones. This one..ehh..idk. Seems most like a barber hone still really. I have used it...

Aha! I did not. Good point! Perhaps the acid isn't the right type. hmm.

After using acid to test for foam and smell, I'm once again at square one. The stone did not react to the acid in any meaningful way.

Has anyone seen a trapezoidal ceramic hone before? It...

Here are side and end views guys. They don't really tell me anything. Most barber hones I've had were more smooth that this, but it's just as likely this stone has seen sandpaper some time before I...

No Piet. I believe we've worked ourselves around to the notion that it's most likely a barber hone. Just a really big barber hone..of odd shape. :)

8.25 inches long, 3/8 thick, and then 1 5/8 wide at one end, and 1 15/16ths at the other. Does it matter what kind of acid? I don't happen to have any on hand. :)



But for clarification:...

You know what it reminds me more of than anything else? A ceramic barber hone. If not for the trapezoidal shape, and totally not standard size of the thing, I'd say that's what it was. I bought it...

So here she is. A very hard olive green stone. Not similar to novaculite. Not similar to slates I've had. The deep scratches visible in some of the photos were 36 grit sil carb derived. The...