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I just won this “vintage” oil stone on eBay you guys have any idea what kind it might be just by the pictures?

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Looks to me like 2 natural stones, a.k.a., 'Arkansas' stones, glued/epoxied together. The side with the more noticeable figuring/grain looks like maybe a medium-hard grade, and the other, more uniformly light one looks like a 'soft' Arkansas (sheds grit more easily in use), OR, maybe a so-called 'translucent' Arkansas, which is a finishing-grade, hard stone. 'Translucent' implies it'll pass some light, if you hold a bright light near the edges/corners of the stone. If these are Arkansas stones, they would be OK for use on simpler steels, like 1095, CV or low-alloy stainless like 420HC. Wouldn't work as well on more wear-resistant steels though. It's very common for such 'natural' stones to be paired in such a wooden box as shown.

Might wait for others here to chime in as well.
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
Looks to me like 2 natural stones, a.k.a., 'Arkansas' stones, glued/epoxied together. The side with the more noticeable figuring/grain looks like maybe a medium-hard grade, and the other, more uniformly light one looks like a 'soft' Arkansas (sheds grit more easily in use), OR, maybe a so-called 'translucent' Arkansas, which is a finishing-grade, hard stone. 'Translucent' implies it'll pass some light, if you hold a bright light near the edges/corners of the stone. If these are Arkansas stones, they would be OK for use on simpler steels, like 1095, CV or low-alloy stainless like 420HC. Wouldn't work as well on more wear-resistant steels though. It's very common for such 'natural' stones to be paired in such a wooden box as shown.

Might wait for others here to chime in as well.
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That’s kind of what I was thinking too... I’ve been wanting to get into freehand sharpening and thought I would practice with a couple cheap knives on this combo stone.
 
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this is after cleaning it up the best I could with a small diamond lap and some wet/dry sand paper... definitely Arkansas stone.
Guessing a soft/hard combo
 
Those do look good. :thumbsup:

I've used the coarse side of a dual-grit SiC stone, with water, to clean up & flatten my Ark stones. That works pretty well also.

Can also use Bar Keepers Friend powder, with water, to make a paste and scrub the stone with that (using an old toothbrush). The oxalic acid in the BKF powder will dissolve the iron swarf, which makes cleaning much, much simpler - not as much 'elbow grease' involved.
 
Obsessed with Edges said:
Those do look good. :thumbsup:

I've used the coarse side of a dual-grit SiC stone, with water, to clean up & flatten my Ark stones. That works pretty well also.

Can also use Bar Keepers Friend powder, with water, to make a paste and scrub the stone with that (using an old toothbrush). The oxalic acid in the BKF powder will dissolve the iron swarf, which makes cleaning much, much simpler - not as much 'elbow grease' involved.
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I like watching “rough rooster knife sharpening” on YouTube and I was following along with him when he lapped a couple stones with the wet sandpaper, I think I lucked out with the stones they look real flat I can’t see any sort of dishing.

Thanks for the other tricks as well! I got a cheap Sic stone coming soon too
 
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