Thread: English Hone ID

Hello gentlemen.

I just bought this fine hone from the bay. It was simply listed oilstone. I thought it was a Charnley Forest, but when I cleaned it up and lapped it I could see I wasn't.

It got the right colours but it's a soft hone, a kind of slate. It feels like my coticules, but don't self slurry at all. The slury looks just like my Eschers.

It's a finisher, but not the same high end as a thüringian.

There is a label but it's hard to read. What I can read says:

Made in England
Wm. Marple .......
.....ld end
S....... Brand
..........tools

I do hope somebody can help.