Thread: Coticule backers.

I’m curious of the different stones they use for coticules. Up until this weekend most that I’ve seen and all of the ones I have are backed with bbw. I know they use a type of slate these days. What sparked my interest is a couple of hones I saw on eBay this weekend.
The first stone is on its way to me. It appears to be slate.
The second is the really interesting one. It almost looks like a Tam, but the spots seem darker like granite. Has anyone ever seen this? Also is there a time frame they switched to slate or was it just what they had on hand? I ask because the stone that’s on its way to me is out of a barbers collection from the 40s. Thank you all in advance for your knowledge!

All the vintage ones I bought were all BBWs, some looked like slate, but after lapping it unveiled sweet looking BBWs
I noticed that BBW sides weres sometimes heavily used, and I love using them as well

There's a TON of different BBW types, they're gorgeous stones if you ask me

1st stone looks like a synthetic coticule to me, 2nd is just bbw, some look that way

yep, what kcb said, it's a bbw backing. Some just look like they have larger crystals in them than others... especially vintage ones. In my experience the ones that look like that generate a much more reddish slurry than most of the ones being produced today. unsure why that is, but that's just been my experience. most definitely a bbw though

Interesting thank you gentleman!