Yesterday, I was looking at Whetstones on Hi-bid.com and saw this "Sharpening Stone & Knife". It was at an auction in my town that does not include any shipping so the prices should be good, then I looked again. The corners are very worn. I became convinced that this is not a stone nor a nagura stone, but rather it looks like an erasure. I'm hoping that no one looks at this pic and informs me that the "S Crown O" is some infamously fine slurry stone that went out of production 100 years ago. I think it went for $5 CAD so lets hope the bidder was interested in the knife.
Sharpening Stone or Erasure
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Haha! It’s an HMSO rubber, yep. Knife looks alright for $5 though!
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Her Majesty’s Stationery Office pencils
I’ve seen a selection of recurring markings on pencils, but one that always interested me was the ‘S [Crown] O’ stamping on a number of older, (mainly) British pencils. If you col…
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I like the knife. Might make a nice easy restoration project. I'd have paid a lot more than $5, and it came with a free eraser!
I think those SO erasers sell for a bit more than $5, so good deal. Especially if it is a rare convex eraser.
