My new stone arrived today.
A huge CF that I got from e-bay at a steal price.
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That thing is huge , I did not realize it until I saw the box and the stone...
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My new stone arrived today.
A huge CF that I got from e-bay at a steal price.
315x55x 40mm
That thing is huge , I did not realize it until I saw the box and the stone...
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damn, thats long enough to cut in half and share with me. :) Of course I would then go on to tell others what a fantastic person you are.....
:D
you are thinking one dimensional here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxi
Theoretically it can be cut in two 2 cm thick ones :rock:
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Originally Posted by mainaman
oh me oh my....why is it everywhere I go someone calls me a one dimensional thinker! :) Oh wait....that's usually only SWMBO when she's annoyed at me. (She tells me this in different rooms in the house you see.....)
Congrats !! On your huge stone
My collection of Natural stones from different countries grows and HAD grows with it.
Now i need to post mine :)
Stefan i hope you dont mind
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Nice score! :) I'm interested to hear what you think of the CF.
I quite like mine but I find it's very slow so you have to do a lot of strokes, around 100 usually!
Will do, but first I have to figure out how to lap a super hard stone that almost 2 times longer than my DMT.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stubear
As far as speed I wonder what will happen if you take a raor that has been on your Jnat to the CF, may be it will need much less laps to get the result?
To change the finish left by the Jnat to that of the CF, you still need to do about 60 laps. They are very nice finishers usually, but some can be coarser than you might expect. It is a shame how slow they are.
Check out that Whammer! Yikes. Congratulations Stefan. Some razor steels "like" the novaculite to rough em up just a bit before a J-nat or Escher smooth down. Use a nice light solvent free oil for top performance. Have fun
MIke
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by deighaingeal
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! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mainaman
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.
Yes and looks light colored, so fingers crossed for Y/GQuote:
Originally Posted by Harvitz81
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...
I used it with WD-40 , but will try the sewing machine oil to see how it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by shooter74743
That CF is huge, mainaman, I don't understand how I could have missed it :D How much does it weigh?
2.6kg .Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
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?
I am going to test the stone today with a bunch of razors, hopefully it is a good one. So far I like how smooth and glass like it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
And yes when I got mine there were like 4-5 at the same time on e-bay most went for very reasonable prices. There was one that was 14" long I think. Hope someone from here got it.
:whipped: heheQuote:
Originally Posted by MarkinLondon
Perhaps that was mine, it came in a 14 1/2" box. After searching for your CF I discovered I bought one from him as well :p
Nice score :beer2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
one thing I find interesting about mine is that it seems the top ~1cm is glued to the rest of the CF, I wonder if there was any purpose to do it this way or it separated at some point and was just put back in place :shrug:
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A piece glued ontop is possible, but it probably just looks that way. The part that was inside the box has clean sides and the portruding top is dark because it was exposed to oil, swarf and slurry, the borderline is a hardened mix of oil, swarf and slurry. I usually chisel this line away but leave the top darkened.
Thanks I'll clean it up .Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
Congrats! Thats a real beauty :)
Hang on to that stone. I think it's big enough for name, dates, even a short message to your admirers when you get get ready for that sort of thing.
Did you hit the lottery...?
Surely, you must have enough hones now to build a small home....! I can recommend a counselor when your ready to admit you have a problem...That's the first step you know....
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He he I admit I have the HAD.Quote:
Originally Posted by zib
Ok an update to how the stone works for me.
Maksim, when he tried his CF, mentioned that the stone works well with tmonagura, so I tried the method on mine.
I took a Fridour to the slurry and did ~60 circles each way , I go by eye so until the slurry darkened.
After that I diluted with water a few times doing sets of 10 x strokes, then finished on water with a hint of dish soap.
Stropped on leather and got a great edge, very sharp and very smooth. Actually sharper than what I am comfortable with so I did 7 passes on CrO ,which took off some of the bite. The stone will need more evaluation of course , with other grinds and steels , but I like the results so far.
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Originally Posted by mainaman
I found on mine that going slurry like that to water finish left me with an edge much sharper than I'm comfortable with as well. Once I switched to oil it smoothed things out a bit. Haven't tried the toma nagura though - just raised slurry with a DMT.
yes I just did not feel like dealing with oil at that moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harvitz81
Damn, nice stone Stefan! I have a 10in Y/G Escher and I'm still jealous of your scores. What's wrong with us HAD people?
Ehsan,Quote:
Originally Posted by heirkb
there is nothing wrong if you ask me.
The more the better :)
Too true. I don't miss the razors I've sold, but I do miss the stones. I need to get consistent enough to start offering a service, because I'm running out of my own stuff to use and I don't want to hoard razors. Hoarding stones on the other hand...:w
So far over 30 CFs went through my hands and yet have to see one glued. What you have on your hone is realy hard crud which sits at the level up to which the stone is set in the box. Degreasing usualy does not touch it. I ussualy scrape (not chisel) it of with the side edge of the old chisel. Often ot flakes off with little pressure and hone is not damaged.Quote:
Originally Posted by mainaman
I don't guys. 30 Charnleys...? I have more stones that I'm willing to admit too, and I'm finding now, that all I really need is my Escher. It's pretty much all I use these days, barring an accident. Gotta keep a bevel setter just in case. I'm not restoring, or buying any Ebay specials anymore. I don't do honing professionaly, unless someone needs a favor, I'm always willing to help anyone. All my razors are good to go, and I intend on keeping them that way. Recently, I had a Wonderedge that was crappy. I keep my Y/G Escher out, nothing fancy, 7x1.5, your standard Escher. It used to belong Lynn some time ago...Raised a moderate slurry, did some circles, some lapps, diluted, finished on water, stropped on SRD premium 1, and the blade is spectacular, I mean, really, really good. Not harsh, doesn't pull, just a pleasure to shave with, and this is the norm.
I understand why these stones were and are prized. If you don't like Escher, your not using it right. I'm positive, with my current razor stock, I can get away with only this Escher, and I intend to try. Glen and Lynn did the one stone honing, it works, and it'll work for you. Food for thought...Think what you can do with the thousands of dollars you spend on stones.
I can sell off my 90% stones, and probably retire....Buying all these stones truly is an addiction. We laugh and joke about it, but many people spend way too much money on rocks when all you really need is one. IMHO...
Disclaimer: I'm not knocking anyone that collects stones. Especially my good friend Stefan...I would help him in a heartbeat if he asked....
To each his own. I'm a collector too, I just sort of had a revalation recently....
