sgt42rhr@a... wrote:
> 
> Gentle Galoots,
> 
> In this New Year, I am returning to my quest to obtain a Turkey  Oilstone.  
> It's not a stone that can be purchased from suppliers in this  country (or 
> in England, so far as I've been able to determine).

Rummaging through my pile of stones (I keep buying these things)
I found this:

http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10152/turkey_stone.jpg

The label in the lid says:

BEST SELECTED TURKEY STONE
THE "EMU" BRAND (with picture to suit)
T. H. & Co.

The stone itself is a blue/gray colour, like
many slate stones. However the texture is a little
coarser than fine slates, and certainly coarser
than a Charnley Forrest. The cutting rate
is higher too.

I worked a blade (and old chisel) using white spirit before the photo
to attempt to have the colour as natural as possible
I also used SiC paper to reveal "unused" stone (the lighter, bluer
area near the top in the photo).

The stone is lightly used, and unusually worn; the surface
is convex in width, and also has two humps in length.

Not the "overall concavity" normally seen on stones
used for woodworking.

     BugBear
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