Thread: Sparkling stone?

Some people just can't stop buying. i am one of them.
This stone i bought by name charnley forest . God knows has no relation to charnley forest. i have keep at least 8 charnley forset stone on my hands and none look like or color etc same as this one. Another different characteristics is this stone is very small 5 inch long..
someone took very good care of it?
Now what is a interesting is this stone looks like has glass all other the stone it just sparkling.come from ENGLAND .haven't test yet but will soon. Any idea HAD PEOPLE?
I know everyone will say picture . This is it. GL

I don't know the name, Sham, but I believe it's volcanic in origin rather than sedimentary or metamorphic. I have what I think is the same stone; I got it in a small lot of razor related things. I've lapped mine and have tried it briefly as a razor hone. I've found mine to be worthless as such. Too gritty and relatively speaking, soft. It's a coarse stone to be sure.










Chris L

that stone kinda looks like my mystery hone. but mine is kind of hard, and finer than a belgian blue.

it is hard stone but Chrisl picture's looks like very similar.

looks like mica. But what else to say, a name or stone type. ?? i don't know

The stone I've pictured seems to be like a very compressed volcanic pumice.

Chris L

Originally Posted by ChrisL

I've found mine to be worthless as such. Too gritty and relatively speaking, soft. It's a coarse stone to be sure.










Chris L

Excellent observation.
very fast cutter level of 1-2k .
i did test it. Darn i waste all money i spend on this CHARNLEY FOREST.lol

Sham the coarser naturals are actually harder to find.
(Just to make you feel a bit less sorry for your money )

Looks a lot like Granite under the microscope.

Oooo... A fast cutter around the 1k level in a natural!

Sound's like a wonderful toy to have on the bench, I haven't been able to find any naturals below maybe 4K-ish level that cut fast enough to suit me...

try hida tool they sell some nice rocks there. The amakusa white is particularly interesting as well as the red one. I wouldn't recommend the arato sand stone for razors though.