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I found the same stuff on glanrafon but it is a quarry not a stone type. Obviously they also had Charnley Forest stones. I can't find others that look like this. So not really sure if it is a stone from that quarry or the Fiddish River stone a coticule or something else.
Perhaps the place to start is with some norton water based honing solution and see how it hones.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideon66
Any steel previously polished on a known modern hone will let you see the scratches.
Perhaps polished with a Naniwa 8K Snow White for example (any 8K will do).
I was under the impression the llyn idwal were more like a Charnley Forest stone and this doesn't seem quite like that more like a hard coti/thuri feel to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by celticcrusader
So both Peter and Sebastian have given me the info I was looking for and I believe this is a Fiddish River Stone. Seems there is no real documentation of these just a made up term for this stone at sometime. It should be a fine finisher though and that is the end game here and who knows with the lost history of a greenish stone with green slurry for cutlers.:D
So the Charley Forest stone from the glanrafon quarry is starting to bother my mind. So how does one come from Wales. I think this may have been a llyn idwal, but I could be wrong.
Interesting, does remind me a bit like the Franconian Stones, just from the Cut the Stone Shows.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideon66
Would be cool to compare a labelled one to a Bavarian Frankonian Stone.....
@Hatzicho: did you see the cut of that example Peter ? I dont trust the those vintage "warranted genuine wordings".....
Here is the one i own, those are real beauties, Fiddish River is only the term it is known as. Till today there is no proof...Quote:
Originally Posted by rideon66
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https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5329/3...7746d1_c_d.jpg
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Haha ist a greeneeeee, always thought "Cutlers Green" would sound great for such a Stone :rofl2:
Beautiful stone.Quote:
Originally Posted by doorsch
That is what my slurry looks like. It is a joy to hone on and the shaves are just superb. Sometimes accidental purchases are great and fun learning too. Here is some info I found about the Fiddich River Stone.
I did find a reference to hones or whetstones are obtained near Balvenie, on the Fiddich. 1868 Abbas Combe to Eyworth. & a reference to the same stating it had sufficient supply for the whole of ifland . 1803 The Gazetteer of Scotland Also in a later reference it states laminated marble found in the bed of the Fiddich, is formed into whetstones and hones.1901
I recently saw what was listed as a llyn idwal that sold as a bin I was going to buy but just before I could it sold that I was wondering if it was a Frankonian stone. Heavily spotted and looked similar to me.
Also found it interesting that the labeled said Charley Forest stone not Charnley.
I picked this Fiddich River up some months ago. Said to have been purchased many years ago from a barber during a trip to England. It was mounted in wood and had a broken corner. Very friendly edges but not the keenest, it's been a joy to use and shave off of.
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Very friendly edges but not the keenest, it's been a joy to use and shave off of.
How are you using the stone? What grit are you pre-finishing to.
