Results 1 to 10 of 23
Thread: Is this a Charnley Forest?
Hybrid View
-
03-12-2009, 05:26 PM #1
- Join Date
- Apr 2008
- Location
- Essex, UK
- Posts
- 3,816
Thanked: 3164Jimmy - 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
-
03-12-2009, 05:45 PM #2
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.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
-
03-12-2009, 05:52 PM #3
- Join Date
- Apr 2008
- Location
- Essex, UK
- Posts
- 3,816
Thanked: 3164That'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
-
03-12-2009, 06:11 PM #4
-
03-12-2009, 07:34 PM #5
- Join Date
- Nov 2008
- Location
- Denmark
- Posts
- 86
Thanked: 7Hmm interesting treand this is....
Now I feel the need.... I want one Charnley
-
03-12-2009, 09:37 PM #6
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!
-
03-12-2009, 11:43 PM #7
- Join Date
- Apr 2008
- Location
- Essex, UK
- Posts
- 3,816
Thanked: 3164Aaaargh! 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:
1
2
3
4
5
6
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
-
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Neil Miller For This Useful Post:
Blade (03-13-2009), JimmyHAD (03-13-2009), Newbflat (03-26-2009), Oldengaerde (03-12-2009)