Thread: WHAT IS IT?

I just got this and at first i thought it is charnley forest. after compare my another cf i think it is not charnley f. the reason is mainly color is more brownish and looks like translusent arkansas. i do have translusent arkansas too but a little white then this one. any way i am confused and lets see someone can find out what is it.
it has very fine feeling , and will leave very nice edge similar to charnley forest.

Size ,shape, wooden box , acting same as charnley forest but color is different.

I don't know what it is but it sure is pretty.

I'd guess a high quality Arkansas, but, I'm no expert on US rock (or any other type TBH).

Well you've got brown Eschers, why can't you have yellow Charnley Forests?

I still want to know how you manage to find all those beautiful hones.

Ron i am sure this is not Escher. This is really strange one. slow cutter too. looks great stone ,feels nice too, i hope we will find out what is it. it is not turkey oil stone ether.

Sham,

Gorgeous colors in that stone. I've never seen anything like that before. It certainly has a smooth finish.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Well you've got brown Eschers, why can't you have yellow Charnley Forests?

I still want to know how you manage to find all those beautiful hones.

Sham, I think Ron is saying this, if you can have different colors of eschers (and coticles) why cant you have a different colors of Charnley Forest? Judging from the photographs, this stone still has somewhat of an olive color like the other Charnley Forest stones. Like Ron, I have to ask, where do you find these?

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Like Ron, I have to ask, where do you find these?

We could water board him 100 times and he still wouldn't tell.

The fracture on the side is consistent with Arkansas stones but the figure isn't - at least not in a translucent white stone - not any I've seen and I've got a whole drawer full of them. The Charnley on my Hone Museum page is very green with maroon figure. Don't know enough about variety of Charnleys to say yay or nay. Sure is a beauty and I'd love to have a photo of it for my Hone Museum.

Howard let me know how you like me to take picture i will do it and email to you. No problem.
i have similar charnley which you have but this is not greenish more likely Brown color.
i talk with seller he doesn't know anything except he says it is may be overseas this means nothing,