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    Wink New vintage Charnley Forest (Charnwood) hone

    Arrived today (in a box marked "FRAGILE", so of course the box was all beat up, looking like someone had perhaps kicked it all the way to me, but the hone apparently suffered no damage).

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    Hard to take a photo such that the colour comes out true to life. It's a very dark greyish green. It's been oiled (before it got to me), and I think the oil is tending to reflect light and, at least in some of the photos, to make it look more light green than it truly is. The surrounding box looks like mahogany to me eyes.

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    congrats
    let us know how it performs
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    Get it outside to natural light without dark background that should improve the picture.
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    CF is one of my favorite hones.
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    the pictures in the link are much clearer
    the wooden box with the lid is beautiful
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    Any chance it is a llyn idwal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    Any chance it is a llyn idwal?
    I can't rule that out, I suppose, as I don't have an llyn idwal or another cf to compare it to. But it has reddish inclusions like other cfs I've seen.

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    OK, that helps. I did not see them in the photos and your description of it being a dark greyish green along with my inability to see any red made me wonder, but I withdraw my doubt!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    OK, that helps. I did not see them in the photos and your description of it being a dark greyish green along with my inability to see any red made me wonder, but I withdraw my doubt!
    I don't think the red was showing in any of the other photos in any case. Here's one where I got it to (though if you have red-greeen colour blindness, I suppose it won't be of much help).

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    I'm not color blind and yes I do see it now, thanks!

    Have fun with your Charnley!
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