Charnley Forest and Salmen stone

I received these today, a Charnley Forest and another UK stone. I bought them off of the kitchen knife forum, but I believe the member is here on SRP as well.

I've been casually looking for a CF for a while now, so when this popped up I jumped on it. It's quite a lot larger than most I've seen, roughly 8" x 2" x 1".

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He also offered me this other stone which I took. The provenance is not certain, but probably sold by AB Salmen, possibly a silkstone. It's hard and fine, and a nice size, although thin (8" x 2" x 1/3").

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I'm looking forward to testing these stones out!

Happy honing. They should serve you well.

Gotta love new rocks. Let us know what you find on that second one.