Thread: Is this a Charnley Forest?

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Jimmy - it said that the best ones tended towards a greyish colour (it didn't say that there were not olive coloured ones), that they had red spots and swirls and that the ones from the lesser quarries were decidely green and had inclusions. A lot of it was crushed and used as roadstone. The ones with large dark areas appear to had have softer veins with hard bits in the veins.

Regards,
Neil

Hmm, Neil, you may have just made my day. The description above sounds very like my Charnley Forest stone gotten from a vendor of antique tools in the UK thanks to littlesilverbladefromwale.

It is shown below underneath the Charnley that hi_bud so kindly loaned to me for a comparison.

Edit; hi_bud's stone is a lovely piece as well.

That's right Jimmy - both lovely stones. The ruler in the pic bears out the longer=better-for-honiong theory, too! Just one other thing - one person said that the grain on his Charnley had a grain that was almost 3D - that you could "look down" into it, sort of thing.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

That's right Jimmy - both lovely stones. The ruler in the pic bears out the longer=better-for-honiong theory, too! Just one other thing - one person said that the grain on his Charnley had a grain that was almost 3D - that you could "look down" into it, sort of thing.

Regards,
Neil

Another thanks is in order. I would say that is true of mine as well.

Hmm interesting treand this is....
Now I feel the need.... I want one Charnley

Yes this all is very interesting. Thank you all for your thoughts!

I'll try and make some time this weekend to engage in a bit of honing.


Neil, what is (are) your source(s) of all this wonderful information? I found some info on the net, but nothing very detailed, mostly just a line or two on Charnley Forests. Not that I doubt what you write - it's just that I would like to read all of it!

Originally Posted by Oldengaerde

Yes this all is very interesting. Thank you all for your thoughts!

I'll try and make some time this weekend to engage in a bit of honing.


Neil, what is (are) your source(s) of all this wonderful information? I found some info on the net, but nothing very detailed, mostly just a line or two on Charnley Forests. Not that I doubt what you write - it's just that I would like to read all of it!

Aaaargh! There were quite a few different sources - I wish I had made a note of them! I will post the links to them as I find them again. For now, here are a few to be getting on with:

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Tiy may have to read down into some of the articles before getting to the reference, which is sometimes quite short. There were others - on woodworking forums and so on - I'll post the links when I find them again.

Regards,
Neil

A few more:

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I guess you guys saw this - £83, not bad!

Regards,
Neil

Yes, it was on my watch list (and that of at least one other member). Not bad at all, £83.

It's the same as this one by the way.

The hone of the original question is indeed a Charnley Forest. After some honing with it, I can say it is marginally harder than other CF's and produces an ever so slightly rougher result (meaning it can well be used as a final polisher).

Moreover, I found another hone that has similar inclusions to the ones that fed my suspicion. This one is an unmistakeable CF in boxing, colour (including purple streaks), behaviour and size. It's the second stone from the left and the aberrant inclusions can be seen in the top section of the (the swirly bit).

Dry:


Wet:


Full size scans here and here.