Washita, Charnley, or the Blarney Stone?

So, bid on an oil encrusted 10x2" hone. Looks pretty interesting. Just enough of it peeking through the layers of tar to allow fun speculation. Who wants to take a guess?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/191947177513?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Washita

If it is either you will have a godly knife hone at that size

Looks size and location I would guess Charnley forest.

I'm inclined to agree with the beveled rectangular shape

I saw that but wasn't feeling that adventurous at the time. Good luck!

Looks like a Charn to me.

Alejandro Salemandro said:

Washita

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haha hard to risk a guess here....but IAM IN

I'm going with Charnley from the box and shape.

Yeah, given the depth and tapers I was leaning towards Charnley, but the pattern/color says no... unless the camera/oil is playing tricks.

Either way, I wouldn't turn down a 10x2" for what I paid, so I figured it was worth a gamble, maybe get something new.

The side pic looks like it could be a TOS.

Yeah, that'd be a pretty big surprise though. I don't think I've ever seen a 10x2" Tam before. But hey, anything's possible.

SliceOfLife said:

Yeah, that'd be a pretty big surprise though. I don't think I've ever seen a 10x2" Tam before. But hey, anything's possible.

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That would be pretty sweet to have a big slab of Tam O, but I'm staying with Charnley.

I think the color balance is whacked. Has Charnwood tendencies and the 10-ish x 2-ish size was sorta common.

Charnleys got it right. Bonus points to Gamma for the Color Balance call.

Dimensions were also wrong. It's not 2" wide, closer to 1.5"... but that was pretty apparent from the pics.

See if it is razor grade. It looks somewhat promising with the nice crisp cut and being mostly green

Everything I have encountered so far has been an awesome knife hone and no more

Looks like a nice a nice stone. Nice score.

Definitely NOT a washita, or any other form for Arky'