Visit of the Ardennes Coticule quarry, first week of august.

Hi everyone !

As I intend to visit some friends in Belgium during the first week of august, I thought it would be nice to visit the quarry and workshop of Ardennes Coticule. :)

http://www.ardennes-coticule.be/en/visit.html

Would anyone here be interested by a meeting for this occasion ?

Would love to but that's during my holiday in the Czech Republic. I visited Ardennes Coticule many years ago: it is great to speak to Maurice Celis, see the workshop en visit the quarry. He has some huge vintage coticules, one of them with w-shaped cupping, coming from a local farmer who had a very special way of sharpening blades with it.

I would just love to! Too far away, I expect! ;)
Do share of it! Take lots of pics!

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

I would just love to! Too far away, I expect! ;)
Do share of it! Take lots of pics!

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Yes, take lots of pics!


rs,
Tack

I'll sure do so :)

I'd love to see some pics of the place,,,,,,,

Finally couldn't see the quarry, it was required to ask several weeks before to plan a visit.

I'll be back !

Beginning by the back of their workshop :

http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2015/...8003049066.png

Raw stones :

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Waiting to be cut :

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Automatic work for the big pieces of BBW :

http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2015/...0004872650.png

Glued on schist and hand worked for the thin pieces of coticule :

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http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2015/...0016518736.png

http://nsa38.casimages.com/img/2015/...5957136894.png

And..... the treasure cave :)

http://nsa38.casimages.com/img/2015/...0003111852.png

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Seeing the raw material instead of the finished product is really an eye opener. Thanks for the great photos !

It was a real pleasure :)

Had a nice time talking about natural stones with the owner of the place.

I show him my vintage coticule, he identified as a "La Veinette" vintage, fast cutter, and a chinese natural stone, fast cutter too.

He was interested in it, since he is making combined stones with BBW and "la pierre des Pyrénées" or carborundum #600 (it seems to be a really good stone by the way)