Thread: Is this a coticule

Originally Posted by Oscroft

If you mean what's visible in the 7th photo, what I think I see there at the right is a scratch on the edge that extends over bother layers but does not reach the surface of either, and slightly to the left of that the "crack" on the yellow surface that only extends a little way into the stone on that side - I don't thing the deep jagged crack/scratch is the same thing as the surface line/crack.

In photos 2 and 3 of the other side of the stone, it looks as if the surface "crack" extends as far as the join, but I don't see it extending into the BBW.

I really don't think the stone has been broken and glued.

Could be, but I do see it going through the BBW in the 3th pic, in the the same angle and in the end it turns to the left, and this in combination with crack in pic 7 and cracks on surface of BBW and coti, don't know...
could be wrong, I hope it! But again, if it were, and the job is well done, no problem at all I guess...

Zoom the hell out of the pics the crack does not appear to go through the stone nor completely across it.

Originally Posted by eddy79

Zoom the hell out of the pics the crack does not appear to go through the stone nor completely across it.

I'm really sorry, I see other things, it really doesn't matter I think, you will see it in the real "flesh", really hope it isn't what I'm seeing and IF it is, like I said, when glued well, it should be good?

Sorry to make you worry!

Kindest regards

Just wait until you get hold of it, lap it, test it and you will see. From some of the comments here one could thing that first it would need sixty pages risk assessment and then to be used as paperweight.

Hey - I first noticed the crack down the middle. People ask for opinions here, that's what they are, opinions. In two pics, I saw a crack all the way across the face of the stone, and another crack down the entire side of the stone. That's why I mentioned while honing, the blade could catch.

Now if it can be lapped until the crack is gone on the surface, great! If the crack on the side is just on the edge of the side, also great.

Fact is, opinions were asked and they were given...the pics show a crack on the face and the side, and until it's actually in hand and can be looked at we won't know. I hope it's superficial, no-one want to see someone get a bad item.

Just my opinion...hopefully it will work out for the best

Why would you lap the crack until is gone if it is not catching? I would prefer to try it first after normal laping, evaluate and then decide if it is good for me and razors or something else.

Originally Posted by adrspach

Why would you lap the crack until is gone if it is not catching? I would prefer to try it first after normal laping, evaluate and then decide if it is good for me and razors or something else.

Exactly - you wouldn't lap it. So, as I was saying, when the stone is in hand, that decision can be made. In the meantime, all that was said here was that a crack was noticed and that it might cause some problems - hopefully it won't.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Hey - I first noticed the crack down the middle. People ask for opinions here, that's what they are, opinions. In two pics, I saw a crack all the way across the face of the stone, and another crack down the entire side of the stone. That's why I mentioned while honing, the blade could catch.

Now if it can be lapped until the crack is gone on the surface, great! If the crack on the side is just on the edge of the side, also great.

Fact is, opinions were asked and they were given...the pics show a crack on the face and the side, and until it's actually in hand and can be looked at we won't know. I hope it's superficial, no-one want to see someone get a bad item.

Just my opinion...hopefully it will work out for the best

Exactly! Well phrased!