Unusual Sharpening Stone Very Pale Green ?

[rustyric]

Picked this stone up at the local Antique Centre this weekend. Can anyone ID ? It its a most unusual pale green colour and feels silky smooth to touch.

[Spartan-C]

Pale green is usually silicone carbide stone.  Never seen one that big, usually made in the pocket size for breaking the edge on carbide machine shop tooling when sharpened.

Ken

[rustyric]

I would say this is a natural stone not a man made one

[Spartan-C]

Very well could be.  If it is, it's very unusual.

[rustyric]

So would anyone like to have a stab at what it is then ?

[MAD]

I think it may be a Charnley forest stone.

[rustyric]

charnley forest - i always thought were dark green red red stripes ?

[MAD]

charnley forest - i always thought were dark green red red stripes ?

Not an expert, but it looks similar to a stone my late father-in-law had which he said was a Charnley forest. His was grayish green with no stripes, just a little variation if I remember correctly. There are often many color variations in any natural stone. I would try posting on one of the blade oriented sites.

[international3414]

new to me,had plenty of Belgian stones...no problem finding charnley stones on ebay,what we going to do when ebay kills itself?