Thread: Hone auction (strange attractive stone)

Might be better placed in the Hones forum but i was linking an auction i just seen, so i thought best to put it here.

Just browsing at the bay and i saw this,
NATURAL GREY/GREEN V.FINE SHARPENING STONE RAZOR HONE WHETSTONE CHARNLEY FOREST? | eBay
It looks very perdy and i dont know what it is, looks to be slate of some kind.
Just thought i would drop it in here incase its something someone had been looking for, love the "charnley forest? listing hehehehe

Was browsing about on the popular auction site and i saw this listed as "Charnley Forest?"

I have no interest in buying it, i have placed the listing in the auction forum if anyone was.
Im not a Geologist by any stretch of the imagination, but it is obviously a mis-labled item.
Anyone know what it is? kinda looks like Slate of some type with a vein of something running through it.
Its very attractive whatever it is.

Think its a Purple Yellow lake slate, they sometimes appear with green round or squared dots...

I have never actually seen one of those, just having a look on google, they certainly seem have a bit of cloudy look about them when wet.

There is two threads on this same hone. The other has been responded to by a serious hone collector who has indicated it is most likely a yellow lake.

Thanks for the info RezDog, wasnt aware of the other threads, just found it to be a very charming hone.

Originally Posted by doorsch

Think its a Purple Yellow lake slate, they sometimes appear with green round or squared dots...

I would not mix known names with any slate available. I think more approopriate name is purple slate.

oddly enough you both posted early this morning. Maybe you should both go buy lotto tickets.

7, 24 ,36, ect......

it looks like slate. Slate is found with banding on it and with irregular striae. The way the stone was cut accentuates the pattern.