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07-23-2015, 10:56 AM #1Compulsive frankensteinisator
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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 ?
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07-23-2015, 11:51 AM #2Senior Member
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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.
Last edited by Kees; 07-23-2015 at 11:53 AM.
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07-23-2015, 04:25 PM #3Razor Vulture
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I would just love to! Too far away, I expect!
Do share of it! Take lots of pics!"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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07-23-2015, 05:12 PM #4Contains ingredients
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Yes, take lots of pics!
Originally Posted by sharptonn
I would just love to! Too far away, I expect!
Do share of it! Take lots of pics!
rs,
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07-23-2015, 05:26 PM #5Compulsive frankensteinisator
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I'll sure do so
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07-23-2015, 05:31 PM #6Senior Member
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I'd love to see some pics of the place,,,,,,,
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08-07-2015, 06:14 PM #7Compulsive frankensteinisator
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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 :
Raw stones :
Waiting to be cut :
Automatic work for the big pieces of BBW :
Glued on schist and hand worked for the thin pieces of coticule :
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08-07-2015, 06:15 PM #8Compulsive frankensteinisator
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And..... the treasure cave
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08-07-2015, 06:17 PM #9Senior Member
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Seeing the raw material instead of the finished product is really an eye opener. Thanks for the great photos !
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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08-07-2015, 06:25 PM #10Compulsive frankensteinisator
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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)
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