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05-14-2010, 05:30 PM #1
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Thanked: 202I would like to add few of my hones. When I picked them up I thought what a luch 2 CFs at once. What I could see from the oily muck was olive green colour on one and some brown ish part on the other. Both hard and very smooth. What was my surprise when I have cleaned them.
The green one is very dense has on it different shade of green swirls and some softer inclusion streaks. Apart from the green colour, smootheness, hardness and density not looking like any of my CFs. Size slight wedge shape thickness wise 230x50x 24-27mm.
The brown one is whole brown apart from a piece in the corner and full of very fine line like microcracks not only length wise but also perpendicular to them are same lines. size is 210x40mm.
I did not lap them yet as I have not decided what to do with them. They do look very prety.
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05-14-2010, 05:39 PM #2
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Thanked: 202Just forgot to say. The colours shown are acurate.
Does anyone has something simillar.
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05-14-2010, 05:40 PM #3
I wonder if the green hued stone could be the "Cutler's Green" stone Sham was searching for so enthusiastically awhile back ?
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05-14-2010, 07:29 PM #4
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Thanked: 202My guess was the brown one perhaps Old Turkey and th other originaly I thought Dalmore Blue but this one is different at least from the pictures.
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05-15-2010, 07:42 PM #5
Yes, that's what the brownish one looks like to me too: a nice old Turkey hone. The cracks in various directions, their brittle nature and fast, but shallow cutting action are good indicators. Once free from oil and grime, they are various shades of grey and black when whet, and a dull light grey (with hints of brown or green) with much less pronounced patterning when dry.
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12-04-2013, 01:38 AM #6
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Thanked: 4i just got these on the net any words on how they might perform?
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12-04-2013, 02:44 AM #7
[QUOTE=seacaptainchris;1251628]i just got these on the net any words on how they might perform?
The grey side is slightly above 8K and used very sparingly an the clear side should work as a strop for a couple edge trailing strokes.
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12-04-2013, 07:58 PM #8
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