Thread: Emerald green hone?

I hope its as fine a stone as your looking for. Its so hard to tell when buying used rocks on line. I can just never pull the trigger. You just cant tell much until you get them in your hands and put some steal on them. Good luck and let us see it cleaned up and a report on how it feels.

Will do.
I have a Heljestrand MK30 waiting for it. Will try and find a decent USB microscope as well so I can see what happens with the scratch pattern.

It arrived today and I think it might actually be a Charnley after all.
Lapped it and got most of the oil out, smelled like WD-40. The cut out in the box is made after the stone so there is no corner in the box were it is missing on the stone.

Here are some picture of it dry and wet.

That is a Charnley or LI. If you can find any fleck or stripe or red, however small, it is 100% Charnley. Without examination and testing, it could be either. Looking at it, there may be an inclusion. You have to test it to understand whether it is a pinny inclusion (which could harm a razor) or just a superficial one.

There are quite a few red specks and streaks.



It really doesn't matter if it's a CF or not but as I said earlier if it is I at least know it's a finisher. Will have to test it though.
As for the oil residue, do I need to continue to use it with oil?

I'd say its a Charnley. Remember, not all are finishers, some I have heard are in the 8k region, which some consider to be a finisher, whilst others consider this range to be that of a pre-finisher. The many Charnleys I have tested however, have all been finishers. One gave a wildly sharp edge. I believe they work better with oil or glycerin. Or even with lather. They are oil stones, after all. Some prefer just water. YMMV. Enjoy, and congratulations on your find! I look forward to hearing how you get on with it.

Oil it is then.
Will probably have an opportunity next week to try it out on a MK30.