Sorry! Here she is. It’s a very nice, very hard finisher, but damn is it slow.Nudge nudge wink wink.
Sorry! Here she is. It’s a very nice, very hard finisher, but damn is it slow.Nudge nudge wink wink.
Sorry! Here she is. It’s a very nice, very hard finisher, but damn is it slow. View attachment 1050360
Have you tried it with oil. I have a similar looking one that is useless with water but much much better with oil.Sorry! Here she is. It’s a very nice, very hard finisher, but damn is it slow. View attachment 1050360
Yes sir. I’ve never been a fan of water on hard novaculite, so I always use oil. When I get time I’m going to rough the surface up a bit and see what that does.Have you tried it with oil. I have a similar looking one that is useless with water but much much better with oil.
Very very similar to one of mine in terms of colour.What a difference a day makes. Under all the funk, there is one beauty of a stone. Gave it a good bath to remove any oil sludge. Worked the bottom with a wire brush to remove most of the remaining cement. Spot treated with a scotchbright pad and 220 W/D to finish off without being to aggressive. It has some tool marks (chisel??) on the side that I wanted to conserve. Lapped up to 600 to see where it stands. It was hard lapping, but not trans ark hard and like the results. All the colors and veins are popping. It is a looker, now to see how it performs
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Very very similar to one of mine in terms of colour.
If it's any help: I lapped mine a bit higher - to 1000 grit. I use it with water. Sometimes I raise a slurry on it. It's my favourite CF and follows beautifully on from Welsh slates, producing the sweetest edge.
I hope yours hones well. Keeping my fingers crossed.
That looks much more like a Lynn Idwal to me - also a British novaculite - but could be one of the "earlier" khaki charns and it's just my monitor.I've been getting to know this Charnley for a couple of weeks now. Surprised by how slow the stone is and also how fine. All preconceived notions out the window.
It had a crowned sharpening face that took some time to lap with wet dry paper. I learned that the lapping went much faster with full body weight on the stone.