Thread: New hone CF i think.

The latest stone i got off the bay im pretty sure its a charnley forest any opinions welcome thanks .The first pic is the add on E Bay, then after lapping and a bit of a clean up.Its a thin piece about 15mm at the thick end and down to about 5mm at the thin end 180mm long and 40mm at the widest and down to 30mm at its thinest.
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Yep that's a CF. Odd shaped but should work, congrats.

It is interesting how it was mounted, but I agree that it's a CF. Great finishers, slow, but quite nice. Nice thing about a CF with oil is that I really don't think there is a possibility of overhoning. To date, I have yet to overhone a razor (i have tried and got bored) on a natural stone with oil...

Originally Posted by Piet

Yep that's a CF. Odd shaped but should work, congrats.

Most Charnleys are odd shaped, but this one is even odd for a Charnley.

Btw to get it off the wood put it in your oven and set it at 150°C. Usually after 10+mins the glue starts melting. A newspaper under the CF will keep the mess to a minimum. Once the stone is out immediately scrape off the glue before it gets hard again.

The only odd thing on this one is that it looks to be made sideways and the box is partialy broken off.

That's cool.
Mike

Thanks guys i have been trying for one of these stones for ages finally lucked out on this one .It is an odd shape but it works beautifully both the sides are broken off the box exposing the setting, looks very old someone took the time to put it in the setting so they must have thought it was good enough to use.I am going to leave it in the setting because of its shape i would just have to put it in another one if i got it out.I am very happy with this stone the way it is so im going to use it just like this, but thanks for the idea of how to get stones out of settings i might use it on another stone later on.

personally i would leave it in the wood piece i think it looks awsome and you wouldnt want anything to happen to it!