Thread: Large Theft of Coticules from Factory

Originally Posted by UKRob

Oh come on Ed. How much stock can one person carry off? This is an unfortunate incident but no-one lost a life - and there's more of where they came from - so the stock can be replaced.

Darn, if someone died for it, that would be more than sad. And, stealing coticule stones? A genius like this will probably get caught easily. They can check the antique shops or knife and stuff shops in the area. There is also the chance that, he'll play with them for a week and then return them with a note "sorry". Ebay is also a possible way to sell them, so, if you know how they look like... you can buy them, find his address, and do what you will with it .
And, the Romans did it first, but they were the Romans.

The difference is Rob Ford is a public figure who regularly makes an a$$ of himself. Think how you might feel if this happened to you or your business and then you had to read posts from people poking fun at it. I for one would probably feel like handing out a few knuckle sandwiches.

This is precisely how/why the saying "add insult to injury" came about.

I guess they got the idea that it was the guy that visited them that did it for some reason or other, not that they actually saw him commit the crime.

Who in their right mind would come back, alone, on foot to steal a load of rock? He would have a vehicle and probably an accomplice or two.

The cash is cash, some people steal just for that. But the stones? Anything like that would take a huge dip in price and could not really be advertised - unless they were stolen 'to order' - you get a lot of that. Find individuals who want them cut-price, even dealers, and I guess you get rid of them quickly and with a pre-negotiated price.

I am small-scale in business terms, but even if a person broke into my place and took just one thing I would be so offended that I would track him down.

Like Bill. I hate thieves - really, truly hate the sons of bitches. I would like stoning brought back - I'd stone the thieving pr@t with the coticules he stole, and bring a few mystery hones of my own to give him a good battering.

But that's just me - too even-handed and forgiving, some say.....

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

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. I would like stoning brought back - I'd stone the thieving pr@t with the coticules he stole, and bring a few mystery hones of my own to give him a good battering.
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Regards,
Neil

Neil,,, I just can't agree with you on stoning them with the coticules,,, I would use PHIG's they are heavier & the Chinese would probably give us a deal on a lot of them , for the publicity alone,,,

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Neil,,, I just can't agree with you on stoning them with the coticules,,, I would use PHIG's they are heavier & the Chinese would probably give us a deal on a lot of them , for the publicity alone,,,

We need, as DaveW points out in another thread, hones/stones with a greater specific density. So maybe Arkansas ........ hard, not soft .........

Read this on FB. Just don't understand why folks can't leave other folks and there stuff alone. It's a dog gone shame. Lets hope they get it all back.

if someone put the thief up to it then they are no better then the thief !!
hell I feel bad when I get a steal of a price at a antique store ! and I know if I was approached by a person with a trunk full of coticules I would be very suspect and ask a few questions , on a bright note least it wasn't more or coticules from the rare specimens ( that I know of) but that can also be bad as they would have been photographed ..

still just one of the last places I would think of being robbed , but hopefully they get some more security levels !!

shoot I will work for coticules if they need a security guard !

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

We need, as DaveW points out in another thread, hones/stones with a greater specific density. So maybe Arkansas ........ hard, not soft .........

Anything non porous would do! I looked up jasper to see if it's any higher in SG, but it is also just sub 3.0 (not surprising, I guess).

Maybe some lead ingots. I think lead SG is 11 or 12

Somewhere, someone is sitting with a pile of large stolen coticules cursing the fact that the edge they're getting isn't as keen as they'd like.

Originally Posted by DaveW

Anything non porous would do! I looked up jasper to see if it's any higher in SG, but it is also just sub 3.0 (not surprising, I guess).

Maybe some lead ingots. I think lead SG is 11 or 12

Might as well go whole hog. Anybody got any depleted uranium lying around?