Thread: Wonder what this could be?

Personally, I live for these threads, for they are the ones that really get me excited. Notwithstanding that I should probably get out more often, does anyone have a recommendation as to what this hone could be? Google searching brings up nothing other than the company were based in Portsmouth in South England.

ANTIQUE OILSTONE & RAZOR HONE (THE GORDON) | eBay UK

Originally Posted by Scipio

Personally, I live for these threads, for they are the ones that really get me excited. Notwithstanding that I should probably get out more often, does anyone have a recommendation as to what this hone could be? Google searching brings up nothing other than the company were based in Portsmouth in South England.

ANTIQUE OILSTONE & RAZOR HONE (THE GORDON) | eBay UK

Charnley forest? Looks too blue, but I see some
CF colours in it.

Sharpman

well with the close up it does look like a natural stone it would be nice to know where the stone originates from

Originally Posted by SharpMan

Charnley forest? Looks too blue, but I see some
CF colours in it.

Sharpman

Sharpman, I very much doubt its a Charnley - The size is wrong, The colour is wrong and although some Charnleys work great for razors, they were never originally sold as razor hones, neither were they sold labelled or in packaging.

Eleblu - I'm looking forward to finding out!

well after looking at the hones that i know of that stone looks like a liyn melynllyn a yellow lake stone it ruffly around 8k the reason i think its a yellow lake stone is from the purple-ish tint on the stone looking at the box to the bottom right hand corner it looks to say great britain

I hope it's what you were looking for...with the size I'm thinking synthetic like a carborundum. Not that it's bad as I've had some good ones. That's the part about the bay...never know until it arrives. I got in this : Nice off white razor hone sharpening stone 8'' Natural? - eBay (item 200622253232 end time Jun-27-11 09:09:05 PDT) one only to find out it's just like a Norton oil stone...not suitable for razors. I was thinking it was a natural by the pic...but you win some and loose some.

I had it in my watch list but figured it was likely to be a slate similar to a Yellow Lake. Although it being a "razor hone" it could be a finer slate.

Should be interesting to see what it is and how it performs.

Originally Posted by Scipio

Sharpman, I very much doubt its a Charnley - The size is wrong, The colour is wrong and although some Charnleys work great for razors, they were never originally sold as razor hones, neither were they sold labelled or in packaging.
Eleblu - I'm looking forward to finding out!

Congrats Scipio. This time you were better. When I was putting my bid on it I was wandering about syntetic origin of it.

Originally Posted by adrspach

Congrats Scipio. This time you were better. When I was putting my bid on it I was wandering about syntetic origin of it.

What do you mean?

I thought that you won it. I was the last one left.