Thread: charnley forest

Very similar to that second to last one of mine Tim. If you look very carefully with a magnifying glass (or were to lap all sides) I wouldn't be surprised if you found the smallest fleck of orange or red.

the sides are all or were covered in glue as it was in a bottom of a wood box i took it out of there and lapped the top
sides are stilla bit dark
will get some better shots tonight with my nikon ok thanks

This is a very enlarged pic of the surface of a Llyn Idwal hone:



Very like a CF but not quite as fine a finish. Colour is a drab grey/green (the one in the pic has been wetted and looks darker than it is) and has very faint bands of speckles in it.

Perhaps yours is one of these? I take it that it took a long time and was very hard to lap - the stone should be glassy hard, not like the coticule, thuringian or naniwas that you have.

Regards,
Neil

Didn't you buy this over at B&B as a known thuri? What am I missing here?

Originally Posted by Harvitz81

Didn't you buy this over at B&B as a known thuri? What am I missing here?

ive got one of those too but i want to confirm this cf too
some more pics

It will be most close to Thuringian stone then Charnley.
As i mention early your stone seems like to soft.
Color has nothing to do in find out stone is charnley or not.
charl's colors could be a lot different.
could be olive green, with red lines, with red dots, or without any red dots similar to your stone.
The issues i saw in your early posted pictures was rounding the edge of the stone.
You will have really hard time to round of the charnley edge.You could do it but wont be perfect line. In early picture you had almost perfect rounded edge.
Sorry someone sold it as a Charnley. may be seller didn't know ether?
hope this helps.

As usual, good eye, Sham. I learned from this thread.

Now I'm really confused - Ian at B&B says (over there) that it is the thuringian he sold you???

You still haven't said how easy it was to lap.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Now I'm really confused - Ian at B&B says (over there) that it is the thuringian he sold you???

You still haven't said how easy it was to lap.

Regards,
Neil

not got that yet mate

will compare though to lap it was quite hard and the slurry was real sticky like cream
i used a dmt 325 to lap it

If you bought it from Ian as a Thuringian, I can't for the life of me fathom why you think it is a Charnley... or why, after asking for us to identify it you won't accept the fact that we all think it is a Thuringian...