Just won this on ebay and wondered what you think. Looks like a coticule/bbw stone to me but your opinion welcome to help identify properly. Thanks for your help. Ed
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Just won this on ebay and wondered what you think. Looks like a coticule/bbw stone to me but your opinion welcome to help identify properly. Thanks for your help. Ed
Is there a picture missing?
Try 2 hope it works
Vintage TWO Sided Razor Sharpening Hone Belgian Good Condition | eBay
Sure looks like a natural combo, nice find!
Natural combo without a doubt (or at least, very little doubt) - nice price too!
yes, it is a coticule, looks like a natural combo. And, quite cheap. Congratulations.
Woo hoo. Wanted a coticule since I started SR shaving but so far a decent cheap find has eluded me. Thanks for the help.
Congratulations you done it.
Looks like a coticule...unfortunately, it looks like it has a crack down the center...that's not good...will definitely catch the blade.
I would be more worried if it would hold together than catching. I would not be too surprised that after decent lapping ther would be no issue whatsoever.
It doesn't look that serious. And, since the stone looks like it's one piece, just use X strokes. You don't have to stuck the edge in there to see if it can be damaged. Those fine cracks are very common on vintage coticules.
Wtg! That's a good size and cheap.
A lot of coticules have what appear to be cracks in them, but in most cases they're from when the sediment was laid down and they've been filled with inclusions and can't be felt - I have one with several "crack" lines that look like the one in that auction, and it's just fine.
There is a dip in the surface and it's going to take some lapping to get it flat, but there will still be plenty of coticule thickness left.
That hasa weird wave in it, but yup that's gotta be a natural coticule/bluestone combo.
Very good price for a combo, little skinny but heck you got a natural for under $100 USD, go you!
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.
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.
See? Coticules just cause trouble and controversy wherever they go. :(
If I were you, I'd wait until I got it in my hands before worrying. Absolute worst case scenario is that you use the crack to create a natural combo rubbing stone on a shorter coti combo.
Good luck,
James.
I did not see any cracks,,,only superficial fractures. :hmmm:
I believe people fighting over rocks have happened since we fought with rocks!
Give us an update when you get it!
I had already considered Jimbos idea of a slurry stone. I have a 5x1 stone I use already so it won't be hard to use this one that way. If anything easier as its wider. Will wait and see and take it from there. Will update when it arrives.
It can be repaired if it's a crack. The guys at Ardennes explained the process to me when I was a vendor, and I think it's posted on their site. I've tried it with pretty good results. It requires Coti dust, obtained from filing a slurry stone, beeswax, hide glue and heating up the Coti itself, and a bit of lapping. As long as the blade doesn't catch, you should be ok....However....that's the worst direction for a crack, side to side.
So you were the competition that won, should be a good score,
the look of the crack is what limited my bid price a bit, was keen to go higher but was out and missed updating the price so hopefully the crack is only superficial to make it a great score for the final price in Oz
The moment of truth. It arrived yesterday and there is a line but if its a crack it doesnt go all the way through. It is only on the coticule side and doesnt go into the bbw. So I lapped it up and I can't detect it with my finger or nail. It isn't the only line across the hone and all are the same so think it shouldnt be an issue. Got some new razors coming so will find out then.
I can only advise to try it firs on some junker rather than new blade.
Bad wording. Used razors new to me. From ebay
Alright did a prelim test using a needle at a 45deg angle over the lines on hone. Soo smooth. And since you've all been so helpful here's some hone porn for ya :D
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Good to here all is good that makes it a really great score for the price especially here in Oz
Yes...glad it worked out...that is a nice find!!!
Congrats!!