Thread: Another one to identify

I picked up this stone in an antique store today. I know somebody will be able to tell me which one it is or the type. At the Missouri Meet I saw one very close to this one and the slurry sure looks the same. I took the pics with my phone so they aren't the best but the slurry is a purple/brown in color. I put some water on the stone and used some 600grit wet dry sandpaper and the slurry popped up fast and there was a lot of it. On the back you can see parts of a label.

That ain't any good at all. Send it down here to me to dispose of it for you. Kidding aside, looks like a really nice Belgian natural blue/yellow coticule. You did really good.

What Jimmy said. It's definitely a nice coticule/BBW natural combo. Any chance you can take a pic of the coticule (yellow) side head on? Me likes pictures....

Very cool so I can use both sides?? I don't know a darn thing about the Belgian stones. Are both sides for finishing or intermediate honing?

Thanks!


Oh yea I'll get the good camera and take some pics:-) What kinda value do these have anyway?

Both sides can be used, for different purposes. I'm not going to pretend I know everything about belgians, so wiki to the rescue! Here's a method to use the BBW and coticule after you set the bevel (the article talks about using a DMT 1200 for setting the bevel, but anything around 1000 works): A simple honing method with DMT-E, Belgian Blue Whetstone and Coticule - Straight Razor Place Wiki

You can also just use the coticule for all of your honing, but this is a different technique. One such technique can be found here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...le-honing.html and a video to go along with it YouTube - one coticule honing