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Blue/Yellow Belgium? Or a Coticule?
My friend Helge picked this rock up for me over there in Germany and I started learning it and found it gave a nice edge/especially to the Sheffield razors that reside here.
Helge refers to it as a 'Belgium Yellow Blue'.
However my honing experience is minimal compared to many others such as my friend GSSIXGUN so I sent it to him for evaluation. I got a good report back and Glen referred to my little hone as a 'Coticule'.
However I believe he like I had just used the 'Yellow' side of the hone.
The 'Blue' is actually more of a really deep purple/almost black.
I was wondering what others With Experience with a similar hone could tell me about the 'Blue' side/bevel setting perhaps with some slurry? :shrug:
Here's some pics of the rock;
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Thanks for taking a look and a Special Thanks for those that have similar rocks who join in.:bow: :tu
Blue/Yellow Belgium? Or a Coticule?
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cudarunner
I fully understand how naturals vary even rocks cut side by side.
Perhaps I didn't word my question properly however you have touched on what I was wondering about :bow:. Has anyone used the 'Blue' side for setting a bevel? Or any other kind of non finishing razor work?
Actually we have to difference a bit. There is always a bit of discussion about the backing side or the natural grown side....sure the glued black slate in general is more or less useless...
But then there sometimes happens something magical made by nature and this is that each stone is different then the other.
Geologically speaken there are two different stones, one called Belgian Blue Water Hone (BBW) and one which is called a Rouge Du Salm. Its proven that those types are near "brothers" but both are a bit different.
Now back to the question, Setting a Bevel on a BBW?
I would say in many cases, no...but this doesnt mean its not possible, i did it myself, but if you see the procedure to set a bevel with a thick slurry fex. its a lot more time consuming and complicated compared to what it would need to do it with a coarser synthethic stone.
Setting the Bevel on a Lorraine?
In some cases yes, i had often the feeling that these stones work fairly faster with a thick slurry. But also here might be another natural or synthethic stones a better choice to set the bevel...
In the end its totally up to you how you wanne play the game...just try out and report back if you had a good result doing it.
Blue/Yellow Belgium? Or a Coticule?
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:
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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..
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Sometimes white lines or white inclusions can appear:
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Thats probably a good shot to see the differences quite easy...
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