hi,
ive been lurking these forums for awhile but yesterday i ended up coming across something the search tool couldnt answer for me. I purchased a big wooden box off a woman that had all sorts of railroad tools, lanterns,saws,etc. Well in the box i found two interesting stones one was definately a nice dual coarse/fine black/white stone. but the other is this one. its soft almost like its a soapstone and i guess its very likely that it is a soapstone. but it looked to have been used as a hone/(lapstone?) it is all one piece looks almost a dirty white when dry. when you wet it it looks like forgive me here, but it looks like the offspring of a wad of fiberlass hair and a blue colored fruitcake minus the fruit haha. its really hard to explain. the stone is fully of crystalish stringy structure and looks encased in a type of resin or epoxy. but the stone is most definately not manmade. it has a waxy/chalky similar to soapstone feel. its probably something useless, but my luck its pure asbestos. anyways anything people could help with would be appreciated..i wish i could get better pictures but at the moment this is the best i can do. unfortunately the pictures dont show the translucent properties of it. ok thank you and the forum is great.
<edit> Forgot to mention both stones a pair of nail scissors, rotten cotton square, and an old jackknife were in a moldy leather pouch but were definately used together or i wouldnt have assumed it a sharpening stone. It also is really heavy for its size </edit>
ive been lurking these forums for awhile but yesterday i ended up coming across something the search tool couldnt answer for me. I purchased a big wooden box off a woman that had all sorts of railroad tools, lanterns,saws,etc. Well in the box i found two interesting stones one was definately a nice dual coarse/fine black/white stone. but the other is this one. its soft almost like its a soapstone and i guess its very likely that it is a soapstone. but it looked to have been used as a hone/(lapstone?) it is all one piece looks almost a dirty white when dry. when you wet it it looks like forgive me here, but it looks like the offspring of a wad of fiberlass hair and a blue colored fruitcake minus the fruit haha. its really hard to explain. the stone is fully of crystalish stringy structure and looks encased in a type of resin or epoxy. but the stone is most definately not manmade. it has a waxy/chalky similar to soapstone feel. its probably something useless, but my luck its pure asbestos. anyways anything people could help with would be appreciated..i wish i could get better pictures but at the moment this is the best i can do. unfortunately the pictures dont show the translucent properties of it. ok thank you and the forum is great.
<edit> Forgot to mention both stones a pair of nail scissors, rotten cotton square, and an old jackknife were in a moldy leather pouch but were definately used together or i wouldnt have assumed it a sharpening stone. It also is really heavy for its size </edit>
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