Thread: Grinding and Honing part 4 Belgian Whetstones is on our site

We are pleased to inform you that the fourth part of the "Sharpening and Honing" is on our site.
You can find it at: Index website Henk en Ge Bos
17 different whetstones in 66 pg. and 354 pictures: Coticule layer identification Ol'Preu, Veine-aux-Poissons, Petite-Veinette, . Filet, Grosse-Blanche, Gros-Grès, Dressante, Jolie-Veinette, Petite-Blanche, Les deux Grosses-Latneuses, Nouvelle veine, La Grise, La Verte, La Veine aux Clous. Density and fineness, Vintage coticule identification, Kohsjer Coticule, Rouge de Salm / Lorraine, BBW Belgian Blue, Gillette stone, Gres du Cierreux, La Levant, CotPyr en CotCarb.
During more than 40 years many "facts" about whetstones have been noted and kept by me. This has led to a huge collection of unstructured data. The "facts" are supplemented with many pictures to enable me to recognize specific whetstones.
After a year of searching, puzzling, interviewing, comparing data, visiting companies and quarries is written a concept. After processing criticism, making additions and improvements the concept is completed with drawings, illustrations and photos. After that the concept is read once again and then translated as good as possible into English by my beloved. It’s not perfect and there will be needed further improvements. When we get a message about mistakes, the improvements will be processed in a next version. All the stones are identified by Maurice Celis. He was a wonderful help. Many thanks for that!
Hopefully you will go on to help me by delivering information about whetstones. After all we do not write for ourselves but for the community.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Henk Bos and Ge Bos-Thoma