Thread: And the HAD continues

Originally Posted by deighaingeal

Wow! That is huge!
You have been a very lucky man lately, would you mind picking me some lotto numbers?

Lotto is the one I am not lucky at unfortunately...
But speaking of luck and stones, got another 8" Escher for under 300 form e-bay. I'll post when I receive it.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Lotto is the one I am not lucky at unfortunately...
But speaking of luck and stones, got another 8" Escher for under 300 form e-bay. I'll post when I receive it.

Damn you!
I still haven't found one that I could afford.
You know Stefan, you didn't get me anything for my birthday. I'll be your bestest friend forever!!!

Nice score Stefan!

Will be interested to hear how you compare the edges to your JNats/Eschers.

I saw that 8" Escher today and just told myself that having one is enough. Bargain price on that one though.

Originally Posted by Harvitz81

Nice score Stefan!

Will be interested to hear how you compare the edges to your JNats/Eschers.

I saw that 8" Escher today and just told myself that having one is enough. Bargain price on that one though.

Yes and looks light colored, so fingers crossed for Y/G

I'll hone a bunch of razors on it, and report.

This thing gave me a workout lapping session.
Almost full hour, had to go all the way down to #80, the stone killed 6 sheets of it, 4 sheets #120, 2 sheets #320 sand paper.
Finished with #1500 and now the surface is smooth and glassy. Good thing is I have a granite reference plate or else I have no idea how I would have lapped it.

I just found this post and as I read was hoping you would finish lapping it to a fine grit. Dang things are hard aren't they! I've only worked off of one CF, but I have found that mine likes a light oil better than water. Sewing machine oil is what I have found works the best so far. I've tried Kroil (too light I think), 3n1 (too thick), and at Lynn's recommendation Sewing Machine oil...which seemed to do the magic. They may be slow, but they do leave a magnificent edge...

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I just found this post and as I read was hoping you would finish lapping it to a fine grit. Dang things are hard aren't they! I've only worked off of one CF, but I have found that mine likes a light oil better than water. Sewing machine oil is what I have found works the best so far. I've tried Kroil (too light I think), 3n1 (too thick), and at Lynn's recommendation Sewing Machine oil...which seemed to do the magic. They may be slow, but they do leave a magnificent edge...

I used it with WD-40 , but will try the sewing machine oil to see how it is.

That CF is huge, mainaman, I don't understand how I could have missed it How much does it weigh?

Originally Posted by Piet

That CF is huge, mainaman, I don't understand how I could have missed it How much does it weigh?

2.6kg .
You probably missed it because it was buy it now at a great price, I could not pass on it
The guy that sold it appears to be a collector of Charnleys, here is his blog, may be you know of him?

Sean Hellman: Natural stones, the Charnley Forest stone

Yeah I know him, I found his blog a while back and talked with him a bit. I showed him this forum so he could posts stones from his collection if he was unsure what they were. Apparently he was getting into straight razors as well.

You have to get lucky to find good stones as BIN, it doesn't happen very often.

I received a big boxed CF today as well, not a BIN unfortunately, I haven't weighed the stone yet but it says 3.0kg on the parcel

WOW! that one is huge. For a while I was under the impression that mine was the largest, but now I humbly abdicate.

This entire post is beginning to sound a bit perverted, eh?