Lorraine Rouge / Rouge Du Salm / BBW / Goldfisch Wetzstein
As Henk released his grinding and Honing Part 4 (Pages 47-49) about the Belgian Water Whetstones i got more interested in this Topic because i also got some of the more reddish / wine red BBW Stones (Rouge Du Salm) a half year before....as mentioned by Henk these stones work very fast with slurry and depending on usage they are around 4000-8000grit....
After buying more stones i got two "Goldfisch Wetzstein" Hones....one was a rectangular one the other one was one of the stones in a wooden box which had four corners cut away.
The first stone appeared more swirled and patterned then the typcal BBW stones or the vine red variants i got.
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The second stone i got was that with four cutted corners:
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This was the first giving me a first guess about the origin. It showed a certain area where another area in a yellow color appeared. An indicator that its proven these stones came out of certain Layers in Belgium ?
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I was always unsure about Henks Statement even if i had known at this time he is one of the most experienced experts when talking about hones. And i also had known that he asked Maurice from Ardennes if these stones come from their area. I remember that this was confirmed....
Having these different stones in the Hand they just look different in appearance.....so i was searching for more information or some other examples of those stones.
Lorraine Rouge / Rouge Du Salm / BBW / Goldfisch Wetzstein
Actually i had a nice Trade the last week with a well appreciated friend and member from several Boards....
I got another Goldfisch Wetzstein in exchange....as i got the first pics i was well surprised because it was a kind of a Typical "BBW" pattern....
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So i asked myself is it just a normal BBW which was sold labelled from the F&Co. Company as a Goldfisch Stone. Or is it the same material like the Lorraine Stones because Henk mentioned the different colors/apperance within the "Lorraine" Layer....
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As i got this nice example today i really could understand what Henk wrote and actually i can underline now what was written down and confirmed....
On one side the stone has the typical Rouge Du Salm / BBW pattern in a Vine red color.....
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The other side has the same but the pattern is a bit less visible and shows some of the swirling i found on the other Stones i have shown before! The stone also autoslurries exact the same in fastness as the others did....
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So another Time for me now to appreciate and value what Henk Did for all the Community and all people interested in honing!!