Landers Frary & Clark Aetna Works Carving Set Molded Celluloid & Carbon Steel new arrival The Bernal Cutlery Takarazukushi 4000 and aspirational picnickers The Bernal Cutlery Takarazukushi 4000 stone is a resinoid stone (not a baked ceramic) and should not be left to soak indefinitely sea buckthorn while not their top shelf line here the grinding is excellent This set is likely from the later half of the 19th century (long before stainless steel replaced carbon steel for table ware use) the fork has a patent date of 1886 so this was made no earlier than that but this is the patent for the fork tines and guard not the handle