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  1. 04-01-2016, 11:38 AM #1
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    Default Man made coticule ?

    http://http://www.ebay.com/itm/162019454947?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageNa me=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

    Any thoughts on this one? Seller does not know if its man made or not. It has saw marks on the sides. Looks like a nice hone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hacker7 View Post
    http://http://www.ebay.com/itm/162019454947?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageNa me=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

    Any thoughts on this one? Seller does not know if its man made or not. It has saw marks on the sides. Looks like a nice hone.
    Coticules are natural stones. The one in the link was glued to a slab of slate, my guess is that what "man made" means in this listing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mainaman View Post
    Coticules are natural stones. The one in the link was glued to a slab of slate, my guess is that what "man made" means in this listing.
    The seller says someone emailed him and said it was made from coticule dust. I don't think thats the case but i'm not an expert. It looks to me like a mined coticule.
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    Man made coticules are made from coticule dust and a binder in the same manner as a barber hone. They can be identified by being reactive to acid. That is, they will bubble when a drop of acid is put on them while a natural mined coticule will not react.
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    It may be a mined coticule, but the colors look wrong to me. Odds are better of it being a "man-made" coticule, but even that is hard to say from the pics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by robellison01 View Post
    It may be a mined coticule, but the colors look wrong to me. Odds are better of it being a "man-made" coticule, but even that is hard to say from the pics.
    Yes I agree with that. With out having it in hand its hard to tell. But the color does look off.
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    I thought this too. White balance might be off? Does anyone have a man made coticule? That is something that sounds pretty interesting....
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    I looked at a couple of mine and the texture appears different on the sides. But that might be the rougher cut?
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    There is a man made coticule advertised in the classified. Its made by Esher. That type was disscused here earlier but I can't find the thread.
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    That one is mine. I believe Peter started a thread about them in the hone forum awhile back.
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