r/What • u/deckfixer • 1d ago

What is this?

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Rectangular green thing that came with my woodcarving kit. Feels very chalky

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u/paddymercier 1d ago

It looks like polishing compound.

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u/BadMonkey55 1d ago

Looks similar to the green material used for polishing knives, when sharpening

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u/Efficient-Bag-3554 23h ago

I worked in a sushi case, and the masters used a similar stone to keep the knives sharp.

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u/TheHotWheels69 1d ago

can be used with his speed polishing pads and cotton or wool pads to polish plastic,metal, wood, glass, and some other synthetic materials

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u/Otherwise_Part_6863 1d ago edited 1d ago

Polishing compound.

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u/Toldyou42 1d ago

Yup, I have some, too.

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u/forest161 1d ago

Pickled power bank

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u/Wooden-Peach-4664 1d ago

Nothing beats the taste of lithium and vinegar

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u/ginkat123 1d ago

I feel better now.

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u/DocWatson42 19h ago

In the morning?

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u/phil_bct 1d ago

Polish compound for leather strap (knife sharpening) or for some rotative tools

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u/sighduck42 1d ago

Whetstone of some sort?

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u/DankMycology 1d ago

Not a whetstone, but the polishing compound you’d put on a strop after you sharpen on a whetstone.

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u/Pure_Joke8075 1d ago

That is some highly enriched weapons grade uranium right there.

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u/buginmybeer24 1d ago

It's polishing compound for making blades super sharp. You put it on a piece of leather then strop the knife until the edge is a mirror finish.

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u/luckylizard77 1d ago

Soylent Green?

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u/Blkmgcwmnjlm Huuuuuh? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 1d ago

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!

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u/Doubleburger_nobun 1d ago

Hot take: it’s a polishing compound that is used to make metal nice and shiny looking. Oh it may smell like pickles, just like almost all green things do.

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u/Tricky_Rabbit 1d ago

An ossified Twinkie???

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u/Weepingfistula 1d ago

At least it’s not an ossified twink.

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u/dufflebag7 1d ago

Puh-lease. If anything, that’s an ossified power bottom

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u/Weepingfistula 1d ago

In the end, aren’t all twinks power bottoms?

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u/samsqanch420 1d ago

Hash

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u/Unique9FL 1d ago

You're going first. Lol

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u/Remote_Quail_1986 1d ago

To sharpen your knives

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u/Fluffy-Mongoose2525 1d ago

Looks like stropping compound for knife sharpening

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u/_DaBz_4_Me 1d ago

Polishing compound meant for putting on leather to hone

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u/RainmanCT 1d ago

Soylent Green. Eat up.

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u/Gregory1st 18h ago

Kryptonite.

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u/BagBandit_ 1d ago

You want it allll but you can’t have it

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u/Tuncunmun38 1d ago

what

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u/Primary_Garbage6916 1d ago

It's it!

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u/Trbochckn 1d ago

It's it! What is it?

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u/Any_Butterscotch2703 1d ago

It's in your face but you can't grab it

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u/Blkmgcwmnjlm Huuuuuh? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 1d ago

You can't have my ice cream bar!

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u/Smart-Control-3253 1d ago

Going with whetstone as well

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u/Fictional_Historian 1d ago

Looks like polishing compound that you put on a polishing wheel for things like wood polishing etc, I have them in my wood shop.

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u/Mike25024014 1d ago

A sharpening stone with lube.

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u/No_Needleworker_9921 1d ago

looks like a block of poison for mouse

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u/Ganja420Preneur 1d ago

LUSH soap?

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u/seven-cents 1d ago

Needs more context

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u/Combat_wombat605795 1d ago

Polishing compound to get the tools razor sharp, or a giant green hulk bar

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u/Royal-Application708 1d ago

If it came with your wood, carving kit, is it some kind of sharpening stone?

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u/Rich-Painting-2032 1d ago

At first glance I was thinking hash or possibly some kind of butter

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u/PretzelLogick 1d ago

Forbidden chocolate bar

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u/al-vicado 1d ago

The original nuclear rod from the Simpsons intro

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u/FunGamer85 1d ago

Just eat it

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u/mowerman429 1d ago

Block of hash

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u/MassiveHyperion 1d ago

It's for the final step in sharpening your tools, polishing compound as mentioned elsewhere. In woodworking it's critical to keep your hands tools sharp, you'll often need to re-sharpen them every few hours of use.

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u/dangribbit 1d ago

soylent green

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u/Blkmgcwmnjlm Huuuuuh? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ 1d ago

SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!

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u/FaolanGrey 1d ago

Solid block of uranium

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u/Awkward_Notice3199 1d ago

Rub it on a leather strop then hone the edge of your steel

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u/Artie-Carrow 1d ago

Either polishing compound or an old ink block

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u/Emotional_Ad5833 1d ago

Forbidden liquorice

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u/Ok_Drawer7797 1d ago

Possibly an oiled whetstone for knife sharpening?

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u/SaabAero93Ttid 1d ago

A block of Lebanese?

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u/RockSteady65 1d ago

C4 maybe?

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u/ClimateBasics 1d ago

Yellowcake. You didn't happen to buy your woodcarving kit from the Middle East, did you? LOL

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u/Fragrant_Mountain_17 1d ago

Hash that's gone off maybe

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u/Natural_Living_1612 1d ago

Yes it’s what everyone is saying, polishing compound probably for the wood carving tools.

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u/BreakerSoultaker 1d ago

It is green stropping/polishing compound. You apply it to a leather belt and “wipe” the cutting edge across it to hone the edge.

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u/unshakeable69 1d ago

Looks like hash .

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u/OutWords 1d ago

Pure, unprocessed Green. Before they put green on the grass in the morning (also leaves, pine needles and other naturally green things) the green gets delivered in blocks like this. They mix small shavings in with other compounds and chemicals and sometimes other raw colors to produce the shade and texture they want applied.

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u/Left_Seaworthiness20 1d ago

Likely polishing compound. Similar to rosin

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u/blackwing1571 1d ago

Haha. I thought it was a big chunk of hash until I read the description.

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u/Hairy-Ad5641 1d ago

i thought i was on r/bubblehash at first

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u/D33ber 1d ago

Green Cake Asparagus Urinium

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u/ResearcherSquare7681 1d ago

Stropping compound by the looks of it

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u/Holdmywhiskeyhun 1d ago

More than likely polish. If it's very hard like a rock, it's probably a whetstone.

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u/ForgottengenXer67 1d ago

It’s a sharpening stone.

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u/Mammoth_Welder_1286 1d ago

My dad used something similar to sharpen his knives

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u/cashnicholas 1d ago

Good ol bag o piss

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u/abascomb20 1d ago

Hash brick

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u/TheOnlyTori 1d ago

Piss battery

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u/R3dnamrahc 1d ago

I don't know, I thought this was on the hash sub though

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u/4PStudiosGaming 1d ago

That looks like a brick of steel polishing medium

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u/panseamj741 1d ago

knife sharpener

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u/Alive-Ingenuity6062 1d ago

Biggest chuck of hash?

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u/Klamangatron 1d ago

A block of plutonium

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u/Switchlord518 1d ago

Modeling clay?

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u/Just_Another_Gamer67 1d ago

Pickled green thing

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u/Dizzy_Patient_4960 1d ago

Black tar heroin

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u/Overall-Monitor-8659 1d ago

Nobody? Looks like some top grade hash.

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u/JohnF_ckingZoidberg 1d ago

It absolutely said what this was in the kit it was part of. Too lazy to read?

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u/Hot_Astronomer451 1d ago

Weed butter

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u/Brother-Safe 22h ago

Is there no subreddit specific for woodworking or something? As you mentioned it came in a woodcarving kit(i hope im not wrong on it as i just Kinda read it really quickly). I believe they may have the answer.

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u/Creegz 21h ago

Get out of there Stalker!

But seriously it’s probably polishing compound.

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u/Either_Currency_9605 20h ago

Looks like plumbers blue dye for checking for leaks or if you have drainage issues.

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u/hatfieldsdaddy 15h ago

Small brick of Hindu Kush hashish smuggled via a brave rectum?

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u/No-Teaching-6926 8h ago

Knife strop compound is like a crayon that you rub on a strop to keep an edge on your knife. At least that’s what it looks like to me. If you heat it up it should act exactly like a crayon when they get hot. Like a cheap wax