Take a look at these pictures and tell me what you think this is.
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Take a look at these pictures and tell me what you think this is.
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looks like CF to me
that's kinda what I thought... it wasn't listed as one though, so I thought I'd get a few more opinions, know what I mean?
It looks like a Charnley.
My opinion is that it's a Charnley Forest hone
It is a Charnley forest stone. If you own it, use it with oil to get the max from the stone, it's very slow, use a lot of laps.
You shouldn't post pics from an active auction, I could id the seller by the red/blue cloth the stone is on. People will look for it and the price will increase. It would have been better if you asked someone through a pm. I'm sure the seller is aware of SRP and any info you write here about the stone may end up in the description of the auction.
Notwithstanding my complete agreement with the above, I fear it is almost irrelevant how many times you reiterate this, for some newbies (to SRP at least) are simply clueless to reality.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
I should add that it would have been far easier to google 'Charnley Forest' if indeed that was your suspicion, than to start this thread, the result of which would have yielded many similarities to said hone while certainly being of greater ease and etiquette.
Now it's only fair to mention that it's not against SRP guidelines to post links to live auctions or photos from them, but yeah, if you want to keep it on the downlow and possibly score a great hone at a nice price, it sure doesn't help... :)
On my monitor the photo looks the color of cream, like a Coticule. The sellers ad says green.
Which one is it or is my monitor off base?
Your monitor is ready for the garbage bin apparently. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by randydance062449
Then why do all the other pics of different hones look correct and this is the first CF that looks like this when all the other CF's have not?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blix
Oh well, no sense in continuing this, the winner of the auction will tell us.
On my monitor it is a yellow-green-grey-'ish color.
Color could be anything really.
Yup, the one buying it will figure it out for sure. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by randydance062449
If it looks cream/coti-ish on your monitor, it probably needs a minor color calibration. It can also be the browser you are using, some browsers reacts to images tagged with a color profile.
Or it could be that the seller doesn't know how to use their camera.
FWIW, the color looks more creamy than green on my Pantone calibrated monitor.
Yeah, eBay photos can certainly be all over the place :)Quote:
Originally Posted by HNSB
If I were really interested in spending any real amount of money trying to buy it, I might have done just that. However, I'm not too worried about someone else buying it... for a couple of reasons. Mainly, IME things don't go by unnoticed in the hone/straight razor department in the first place. I think Lynn said it pretty well in his video, that there are very few good hone deals on ebay. That hone is probably going to go like the old Greaves I was bidding on the other day; it's gonna not do a whole lot, then jump up in the triple digits with six seconds on the clock. I know how online auctions go. Besides, I just bought an Llyn Idwal, so my "random money for buying more hones/razors I don't need" is a little slim right now... plus Idwal = close enough. hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Piet
Posting it on here was really more because I didn't understand what I was seeing. That seller constantly has alleged CF's for sale, and I can't understand why he would miss this one, which... at least from what my eyes are telling me (and apparently what most other's eyes are telling them) clearly is a real CF. I dunno... just seems a little baffling.
What Piet was trying to tell you was that you have put everyone else on notice of it. As you say it may have been noticed by some already, and because of that, it was possible that members here were bidding or watching it with a view to buying it. Your indirect promotion will likely increase the price, which is a little unfair on those who do want it, even more so that you didn't even want it yourself!Quote:
Originally Posted by kamikazeproject
And forget descriptions. Look at substance, not form.
I think there's a definite false assumption that I said I was bidding on this thing that needs to be cleared up. I am not. Read above post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scipio
in that case, for all those who did want it... who are now going to have to cough up several hundred thousand dollars just to sniff the place where this hone used to lie, because without my mentioning it, none of the few hundred hone customers this guys had would have ever noticed it: "Welcome to the world of Ebay, and subsequently, life."Quote:
Originally Posted by Scipio
Right, but what is being said is to please consider the member(s) who were watching this before and hoping to score a good stone at a good price. Most any time an auction is linked on here it sells for more than it probably would have if it weren't linked.Quote:
Originally Posted by kamikazeproject
kamikazeproject, you're only making it worse, I think you should have been looking for the words "my bad" or "sorry".
There are in fact a LOT of good razor related deals to be found at Ebay but you have to put in the time to search. I for example have a closet filled with rare stones to proof I'm right. Btw most of the stones I see being sold as Llyn Idwals look like the Grecian Hone.
Next time if you're not planning to buy the stone anyway post your questions after the auction has ended. I'm sure this would be appreciated by anyone who's into natural hones.
Apologies, trust me... if I'd known there were going to be so many attempts to scold me over a picture? Yeah... wouldn't have posted it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
Bah, he posted a photo, and didn't mention with a word that it was from any auction. No one even knew it was from a live auction until Piet brought it up.
To be honest I think the fairly new member deserves the apology, not the other way around...
Seems to me he mentioned it in his 2nd post that's he's looking for more opinions on stone pictures from a live auction. Although I might have still made my post if he hadn't. Once the cat is out of the bag everyone helping the poster should get a fair chance at it even though that might hurt myself as well. If I wait till the auction is over the original poster might not even care to read my reply and might do it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by kamikazeproject
I don't think he needs an apology from me because I'm trying to make him understand something which I think is very important without being overly harsh.
He just said "it wasn't listed as one though" , could be an ad , could be an already ended auction for all we know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Piet
As I mentioned earlier, there's no rule against this at all here, so I feel it's unfair to bust his ass over this.
bah few hundred dollars really?Quote:
Originally Posted by kamikazeproject
you can get one from the UK e-bay for less.
Looks more cream colored to me too....
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Originally Posted by randydance062449
haha, I know.... I was just being a smartass. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mainaman
Are these what I think they are? razor hone | eBay
OMGWTFBBQ!!@!!! Why did you link to the auctions I was watching!?!?!??!?!!?
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Originally Posted by hoglahoo
you don't have to go all Mister Nasty on meQuote:
Originally Posted by Slartibartfast
Well, there went that sweet deal I was gonna get on the bright blue chinese stone :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
It does indeed look like a CF, but it is weird that the seller doesn't describe it as such in the auction. He sells a lot of stones and often identifies them (especially the CF ones). Many times though I see some mistakingly identified, so it is strange to me to see one that clearly looks like a CF not described as such.
I'm going to bid on all these just to drive the prices up. Three Cheers for Capitalism! Consequences be damned!Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
I do believe in past he was member here. I would not be too surprised if he changed his nick here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harvitz81
I have to laugh to his I am not posting anymore to UK.
About UK CFs sold recently for some reason a lot of them appeared however to my expense also a lot of them have inclusions. The last one I had two weeks ago I have already ground more than 1/2" off and it is still there. But at least i know exact location (meaning exact quarry) where it is from.
