Jimmy,

Thanks for the warm welcome to the forum. In my quest for knowledge, I have tried many different kinds of sharpening equipment. I am more of a sharpener than a knife user or maker, and I hope to have a wonderful sharing of knowledge experience here.

I have a Belgium Blue/cotecule dual stone that I bought from the best sharpening stones.com I actually went to the guy's house, he lives in NJ, and took my pick from a fresh batch he had just received.

This was my first natural stone, and I was impressed with the action of it, but I got a better result from the blue side than the yellow. It is my understanding that the blue is supposed to be coarser than the yellow. Is that right?