Thread: Blue/Yellow Belgium? Or a Coticule?

Originally Posted by doorsch

I did some comparison shots of the BBW and the Rouge Du Salm.

Typical for the Salm is a reddish wine red coloration of the slurry. Also the stone itself appears more red then blue. Sometimes orange spots appear as visible on the first picture.

The polishing up the bevel in most cases appears much more fine and pronounced.

new Age Salm from Ardennes:


Comparison shots of three Rouge Du Salm (left) and two darker violet looking BBWs (right). The left one is the most finest Salm i own, you can also see it how the structure looks like. Very fine grained..

Thank you for taking the time to make the slurry and post the pictures! :

After reviewing the pics and making a slurry on my little hone I'm confident that my hone is close to the pics on the Bottom far right of the original pictures supplied although the grain on my 'Blue' runs very close to straight up and down lengthwise.

When the time comes I'll 'Play' and let all know how things go. Again Thanks!