Quote Originally Posted by Hirlau View Post
Be carefull removing that coticule from the block, its not as hard as a PHIG & coticules fracture very easily. If you can clean it on the base & see the sides & the sides are consistant down to the base, same stone & not mounted to another piece, ,,, then I would leave it as is.
I was thinking of belt sanding the sides to the stone so I can get a better view of the underside then saw most of the bottom wood off then belt sand it off...seemed safest