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    So I was talking to a friend thats from London and we was talking about straights and stuff so the hone theme came up and apparently he has a green block... He said its like minty green with white streaks supposedly he is going to get me a picture of it but just curious if anyone knows something about these?

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    The only green hones I know of off the top of my head are the cutler's green and the charnley forest, but that doesn't sound like either to me. Then again, I don't know my stones too well...

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    Sham, A.K.A. hi_bud_gl , has been looking for a 'green stone' from the UK. I also know another fellow who will sell his soul for a Devonshire oilstone if you know where one is.
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    No suggestions here but please post those pictures when you get them.

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    So I got some pics of some interesting hones from the UK I don't know what they are but they look pretty interesting more pretty than interesting and my HAD is starting to get really bad... contacting people halfway across the globe for stones GAWD! enjoy.
    PS notice how the second hone has some natural streaking running on the thick side? looks similar to some yellow dalmores but with the streaks running on different sides maybe they cut them differently? he also said they both finish similar to a TOS but a tad bit faster for the yellow beige one and faster on the green about coticule fast.
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    The stone that is simply referred to as the Green Hone was found in the pavements of London, although I'm not sure if this was an imported material or one that was found locally. It was mentioned in an article about the practices of Mr. Stoddart, one of the pre-eminent natural philosophers of his age. The stone was employed as a finisher, two to three strokes with the spine raised was supposed to result in the finest edge obtainanable. To test the edge it was allowed to drop onto a thin strip of leather, if the hone had been used correctly, the blade would pass through without making a sound, back in the days before the HHT, the TPT and the TNT, this was the ultimate test of a truly shave ready edge.

    If you know anymore about where your friend found the hone I would be very interested to hear more.

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    Thank you for the pics. Can you ask your friend is colors original? he hasn't used any software etc to clean the pictures?
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    Quote Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl View Post
    Thank you for the pics. Can you ask your friend is colors original? he hasn't used any software etc to clean the pictures?
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    Good question. Also ..... on your monitor screen is the color that is coming up an accurate representation of the colors of the stones in the real world ? As you know sometimes the colors don't translate well over the web. On my screen only the second photo down shows the color of your hand/fingers in a true to life hue so I assume that the stones may be a bit off in the other photos ?
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    well funny enough when I was talking to him he referred to the green hone as a brick and the dimensions do seem to be brick like so I don't know... whatever it is both hones are on their way to San Diego CA, HAD is a terrible thing. I will report later when I receive this stones and show some clearer pics. The stone as mentioned before was called minty green so I am guessin it is probably bubblegum winter green or something like that. Whatever it is I want to see it.

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