Thread: Green UK stone

Another hone picked up off Ebay. I'm thinking Llyn Idwal or Charnley Forest - what do you think?

It is a very hard stone. Took a while to lap it flat, leaving a white/green slurry.

It is a striking, light, pale green with dark green veins and dots throughout. One end has a pink colouration and a possible pyritic inclusion, which may also be in one of the veins.
There are sparse reflective sparkling particles embedded in the material, which only show up when held up to the halogen light in the bathroom - consistent with other UK hones I have (Tam o Shanter, Charnley Forest/Llyn Idwal).

I've not seen another stone like it.
Dimensions are 9.6 x 1.8 inches.

It had been covered in old oil residue and indeed, using WD40, it was a very smooth hone that eventually produced very fine, cloudy beige slurry. A very slow, cutter, hardly removing any metal. Many laps were required to get the slurry to darken.

Produced a smooth, semi-polished edge, that sliced chin hairs off, dry, without little pull.

Not tested it for a shave yet - maybe tonight.