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11-11-2014, 12:05 AM #1
Just curious how many cotis have you seen? Put your hands on? personally own??
Warning dont get the coti guys going, they have many, any they have weighed in.
Put razor to stone and then we can talk. Or send it to me , I will test it for you and send it back with Superduper written across the whole thing.
Speaking as a proud coti guy you got a good one. But it has its own personallity. You might want to give her a name, and spend some time getting to know her.
In the Library there are extensive articles on the time proven ways to get repeatable results. I still havent said anything yet, each one has to be unlocked.
From the pictures you havent even lapped it yet. Just an observation.
BUT you did goodYour only as good as your last hone job.
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11-11-2014, 12:47 AM #2
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11-11-2014, 08:17 AM #3
Since this is a natural combination with a gradual transition between the yellow and blue layer it could be most probably a La Grise layer. But also some more exotic layer is possible. The transition reminds me somehow on a La Veine aux clous I have seen in Henk Bos great essay on coticules you can find here:
http://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%2020...whetstones.pdf
The Veine aux clous you will find on page 38.
Since this layer is very rare, the chance might be not very high, that you really scored an example.
But keep in mind, nobody can really determine a layer by a photo. This is only guessing!
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11-11-2014, 12:30 PM #4
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Thanked: 3795I think I still have about 30 coticules. Most are natural combo layer stones and I don't know what vein any of them came from. I care more that I ended that sentence with a preposition than I care about individual veins or mines.
I bought a 4x11 natural combo coticule from Ardennes several years ago for $150 before they ever bothered to even make note of the vein. It did not matter to the guy at Ardennes any more than it mattered to me. I asked for a relatively fine and fast workhorse and I'm happy with what he sold to me.
Have fun playing with your rock.
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11-11-2014, 12:45 PM #5
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11-11-2014, 12:58 PM #6
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Thanked: 3795It's funny how you can find that photo so fast!
I have not stacked them since that time and don't think I will again without further culling.
Anyway, the Ardennes hone is on the bottom. Maybe I should name it
La Rock
or
La Rockette
or maybe
Rodney
He still don't get no respect!
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11-11-2014, 01:04 PM #7It's funny how you can find that photo so fast!
The one on the extreme right is my La Veinette kosher. Rob or Maurice marked it so on the top honing surface in pencil. I wrote it on the side so I'd remember what it was. Good hone.Last edited by JimmyHAD; 11-11-2014 at 01:08 PM.
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04-10-2015, 06:37 AM #8
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Thanked: 7Its a soft coticule, but its slow. The BBW side really helps with refining the edge though. I'm going to play around with it some more before taking my nicer razors to it. Really tempted to try other coticules though.
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04-10-2015, 06:50 AM #9
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Thanked: 7Really itching to get my hands on a darker yellow coticule.
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11-11-2014, 03:19 AM #10
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