Thread: I D hone needed

Hello, i see you joined in Jan. I am sure you picked up on some of the etiquette here? If you would like some help then you need to give as much detail as possible. A far pic on a stone does not provide much information with the caption "ID Hone Needed"... Tell us where you got it? Get close up shots after you clean it, with and without slurry. Does it feel gritty, or fine? Glassy?

Right now i can tell you it is a rock on a board... Black rock... Old board..

Thanks I am a newbie at all this, I got this stone on e-bay for $35, it is a very old stone, very very smooth and is a whetstone, will this help some?

It's all good. Thanks for mot taking offense to my well intentioned ribbing. Can you get a close up of the slurry?

Is it soft or hard? does it have oil on it? smells like oil? slurry color?close up of the stone itself? did you lap it? Dimensions?

Sorry for the slow response, it procuces a nice creamy off white/brown slurry, no oil smell just earthy. I have gotten other responses from other sites that it may be a Charney Forrest hone, never heard of it, thanks.

lacking better pictures and a test drive
my guess is that this is a carborundum hone
from the late 40's or 50's perhaps a fine one
but not razor fine. My dad and the farmer
down the hill had one a lot like it. Berrys
hardware had a bigger one by their register.

Perhaps one that has been used with oil for a long
time... (does water soak in or run off). The oil is
perhaps gummy almost varnish like.

Do audition it with some steel and see how it
acts. My wager is that it is a worthy
hone for pocket knives and kitchen knives.

If it is well seasoned, clogged and glazed with oil
it could hone a razor in a pinch with one or
two wipes down the length.