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From said Wikipedia...."When initially expelled by or removed from the whale, the fatty precursor of ambergris is pale white in color (sometimes streaked with black), soft, with a strong fecal smell....

Thanks Chris. I knew there had to be more to that. I was wondering why there wasn't a comma after sperm, now I know. "Sperm or neat's-foot oil..."

No problem, it is quite an interesting read.

One question to anyone who stumbles onto this thread though, on page twelve it talks about a "Turkey oil-stone" which is supposed to be a very fine...

In doing a Google search on Thuringians I came across this. It appears to be an old report from at least the 30's regarding Arkansas whetstones. It also goes into some info on other whetstones from...