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Well, the offer still stands if any experienced honers want to borrow it for their own evaluations. I'm happy to mail it at my own expense. However, I do ask for the borrowers to pay the return...

Thank you for the reply. I don't think it's a Moughton, though. That was one of my first thoughts too, but the colors are off with none of the Moughton's usual red or green. This stone is brown and...

OK, so I showed this mystery stone to my friend, ScoutHikerDad (who posted above), and after seeing the stone in person, he agrees that it does indeed resemble some sort of petrified wood. (There are...

Steel, thanks for the flint test warning. ;)

And the CU photos, as requested...

http://i.imgur.com/goP69w4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/2acaWWm.jpg

And I was wrong about those two spots shown...

SHD,

Thanks for the thoughts and photos. While I have no idea where the stone was quarried, it was purchased and shipped from Portland, Oregon. (Might be regional?) And yes, I'll definitely bring...

Thanks for all the replies, guys!

Last night, I experimented with a razor that's always given good shaves, but never great shaves. (Admittedly, I've only used the razor 3 or 4 times.) First, I...

Thanks for the reply, doorsch. I agree that it looks like it could be a natural stone. It sure smells like it's made of mud. =)

And yes, this was an eBay BIN listing. (Cost me a whopping $16 +...

Can anyone here ID this mystery barber hone?

It's a standard barber hone size @ 4-7/8" long x 1-15/16" wide and a little thin @ 5/16" thickness.

It's pretty damn hard and a beast to lap, but it...