Thread: Escher or Coticule differences

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I think maybe some of the difference in BBW results might be attributed to the BBW's..

The ones being marketed separately for the last 10 years or so do a better job at "Honing" then the ones I have tried the were attached to the back of an older Coticule layer as a support stone..

I can't recall whether it was Bart, Bruno, or maybe another member from Belgium, but someone posted photos of roads paved with BBW, fences built out of the stuff, IIRC a home with a BBW rock face on the exterior, and last but not least, a large table made of BBW. Whether it was Bart I don't know, but the fact that up until the past decade or so, BBW was not even considered as a material viable for honing.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I can't recall whether it was Bart, Bruno, or maybe another member from Belgium, but someone posted photos of roads paved with BBW, fences built out of the stuff, IIRC a home with a BBW rock face on the exterior, and last but not least, a large table made of BBW. Whether it was Bart I don't know, but the fact that up until the past decade or so, BBW was not even considered as a material viable for honing.

Did some searching and found this photo, originally posted by Bart, of a house in Belgium he said is built entirely out of BBW ;



I couldn't find the photos of the BBW fences, table, but they are in the archive somewhere.

off topic but when i saw JimmyHAD say he did some searching , i was getting excited to see the rest of the pics he mentioned ..lol..

I am not sure Jimmy if you mean this foto:



It was published in the coticule diaries were you can also find the foto of the house you posted. At the beginning of the article they describe how they walked along trails solidified with belgian blue whetstones.



The whole article could be downloaded here:

http://www.coticule.be/heritage.html