Thread: Charnley forest stone

I really don't know what a Turkey stone looks like. If it has the purple and the black specks as well as being a greenish color it probably is a Charnley.

I wish some of us/you rock hounds lived a bit closer, I could get you to test drive it.
Thanks again Jim.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/basic...ne-stones.html
There's Jason01's. 4th picture down the page.
Looks quite as speckled.

And yes, but other parts of the world have nice hones as well

I have heard there are some rather good German hones!

Wonderful looking stones, thanks for posting.

double post ...

Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

Its here and its much nicer than on the pic and I can't thank you enough!
Such a sweet little cutie, hehehe
Just used it on a Wacker after the Coticule and it is really great!
*dances the happy hone dance*

(The stuff on the dished back side was window caulk btw. Maybe good to remember for bouts)

Hey hey, glad you like it. I was surprised how well it worked on razors that IMO were as sharp as I'd ever want already. Not a bad stone at all.
I have tried the one I kept, thank God it does work about the same, I would have been absoluetely gutted if it didn't.
I'll keep an eye out for them in future

Window caulk?? Is that the same as putty? for holding in the glass

Could that explain the original use? What sharp blade would a Glazier (spelling?) be sharpening all the time?????????????????

Anyone? Now this is interesting! What was the tool a Victorian Glazier had to keep very sharp? What tool could cause a large area of wear on a hard hone?

My point is -
If we knew the trade of the people who favoured certain types of hone, we might have a better idea about where to hunt them ie Coticule= lab equipment, Scottish hones = jewelers and watchmakers, Snowdonian Cutlers Green = cutlers/sheffield area ! Anyone near Sheffield 8>)

Oh putty, yeah...
The idea about the professions being relevant for the hunt is very good.
Now a glacier cuts glass with a diamond or a very tiny hard steel wheel.
That would not get honed. But what about a gardener?
They fixed the greenhouses themselves sometimes.
Hence they probably had putty around and they do have to sharpen gardeners knives.
(the ones for the roses, trees, etc.)
Since gardening is pretty high developed in England, I could imagine that they had good hones.