Thread: I the need of a hone id.

Well you Gents hopefully can give me some info about this hone that I got my eyes on..

Pictures by Escher_album - Photobucket

Yep the album says escher but don't be fooled :-)

The seller tells me that the hone is fine grit and is a natural stone...

What could this stone be?

No idea.

Possibly a charley forest?

Very nice looking stone. Tell us how it works for you.

The seller is right natural stone but NOT FINE.Looks like Charnley even it is not charnley forest.This stone comes from Europe and approxitely location Scotland.Not for razor .you can sharpen axis etc even not knifes.good luck.

Here are a few photos that may help. The first shows the edges of a few labeled Eschers. Note the saw marks. All of the Eschers I have and have had show these saw marks in the edges. Niether of the two Thuringans I have have them. The Thuringans, one vintage and one a recently manufactured Mueller have been smoothly finished on the sides.

The second photo shows the bottom of an Escher light green from which the label peeled from getting wet when I lapped it and used it to hone. It came off in one piece and I put it in a safe place. Note the side which the label had covered is sort of craggy and unfinished. On the Eschers I have where the labels have stayed intact you can feel the same cragginess in spots under the label. So they didn't necessarily sand down the label side when they processed the stones. Again this is not the case with the two Thuringans I have. They are smooth all the way round.

Next is a photo of the dark blue, blue green, yellow green and light green side by side with half of the surface wet and the other half dry for comparison. All of the old Eschers I have encountered were darker when I found them from time and dust, dirt etcetera and were a lighter color once lapped to the clean surface. Hope this helps.

Edit; All of the stones are 3/4" thick except for the light green which is 13/16".

Thank you very much for Gents for your time and wise heads..
Thank you Jimmy for these super cool pictures.

On this background I have decided to stay away form the deal.