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Not a coticule... I think?
Last weekend I met a gentleman at an antiques market who had a shaving brush for sale on his table. The brush was in poor condition, but we started talking about shaving equipment. He said he had some items at home and if I would like to stop by the next day I could. Indeed, I went to see him and it turns out he was a barber for many years. In his 80's now he has been retired for some time but was a barber in Miami Beach, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
I had a terrific time talking with the man and his wife! Went spent a full hour and a half sitting at their dining room table talking barber stuff and other fine points of life. I can't say enough about how nice these folks were. He said he even shaved a few famous people in his time down in Florida.
Unfortunately, he has been unable to use his straight razors for 20 years due to health issues. In the end I was able to purchase a couple razors, one of his old brushes, and the hone he used for many years. It's the hone in question that brings me to this thread. All he told me is it was his "razor hone" but not what type of stone it is.
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I thought it was a dirty coticule at first glance. It's 6 x 2 3/4 x 1 inches and appears to be a natural combo. But, it's not the right color and the bottom doesn't look like BBW. It's more of a greenish grey. Here it is lapped.
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Here it is next to a grey thuringian and a coticule for color reference.
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And with slurry. The slurry is a whitish light grey.
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Could it be a thuringian?