Thread: Are these stones Charnley Forest

Hello,
Please help me ID these stones! They are quite heavy and very hard to lap, after one hour of work with an Atoma 400 i can say I'm in the middle of straightening proces.
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Thanks and excuse my bat English!

They look a bit like moughton whetstones, I don't think they're Charnley Forest Hones.

@rachim: were did you get these from, from the bay ?
@Piet: not like moughton, a bit comparable because of the swirls......

you can check this thread:
Testing hones from Germany
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...er-quarry.html
Novaculite or Chert natural hone test

dont know if these fit, that why i asked about the source...

Originally Posted by doorsch

@rachim: were did you get these from, from the bay ?
@Piet: not like moughton, a bit comparable because of the swirls......

you can check this thread:
Testing hones from Germany
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...er-quarry.html
Novaculite or Chert natural hone test

dont know if these fit, that why i asked about the source...

I've got them from Spain from a recently closed barbershop.

There are quarries all over the world producing rocks fine enough to be used to hone razors. Hard to tell.

Someone who really knows natural European sharpening stones and hones is Henk Bos. Here's a link: http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...teresting.html

I am not sure he is very active on SRP but you may contact him through his website.

doorsch, yes because of the swirls They do look more like the Ordovician Thuringian Hones.

Originally Posted by Rachim

Hello,
Please help me ID these stones! They are quite heavy and very hard to lap, after one hour of work with an Atoma 400 i can say I'm in the middle of straightening proces.
.
Thanks and excuse my bat English!

I don't believe they're Charnley's. I have one that's identical to your's. (160x60) right down to the brown/rust colored swirls. It's very similar to the Chinese 12k. A friend of mine in Hong Kong sent it to me. It's a bit better than the run of the mill C12s.

And they are very, very hard. It did take some time to lapp, and I used a DMT XX, followed a DMT C

I'll try to post pics when I can.

As already mentioned i also dont think its a moughton. But Henk visited the quarries there so probably there are variations in the colour, as far as i know Henk you also mentioned moughtons without the characteristic swirls