Thread: Help to ID old Sharpening stone.

I cant help with the brand but when I was in the north of England last year I visited a place called High Force Falls in the Pennine Mountains. One of the rock layers was described as whetstone. Just looking at it and you knew why. I was tempted to pocket a lump as the layers were loose and the stones perfectly flat. There were tons and tons of ready made water stones. I was unsure about explaining it to to some quarintine person at the airport. '' Is that a rock in you'r pocket sir?'' They are all still there if anyone wants to corner the market.
If you'r stone looks like brown slate then it may have come from around there.

I've just googled the Charnley Forest hone and came up with the attached image from this site.
http://www.theperfectedge.com/stonemuseum.shtml

There's a bit more information here...
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi...10--1----0-all

Thanks Guys,
I googled the internet as well and also found the same info, a few discriptions and a couple of photos.
I was hoping that forum member may had a confimed "Charnley Forest stone" as I'm sure many migrant tradesman from the United Kingdom (as well as local tradies), 100 plus years ago would have had this essential part of their tool kit. These stones were considered the best for the purpose at that time.
As soon as I find how to attach photos to my posts, I will put a photo up of the one I've got.