I don't know, this is an old dark reddish brown rectangular stone. Its even beat up a bit with what appears to be breadknifing lines in it.

Jimmy, your probably correct as usual.

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Your pressure and number of passes seems to be in opposition to the "lotsa linen and leather" approach. Interesting.

Not that I am going to jump up and get another barber hone, but I am curious, what are you using to get such good results?