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Originally Posted by RayClem

There is a Belgian stone called La Lorraine. I understand that it comes from the same are as Coticules and BBW, but has a reddish color and has properties somewhere between the two more popular Belgian hones.

I believe the Pierre du Lorraine is a different stone coming from France. Sometimes the stone is called Rouge de Salm. Compare the stone pictured in this post to the one in this video.

We're off-topic here, but my understanding is that a rouge de Salm is pretty much the same thing, from the Ardennes region. Scroll down toward the bottom of the link below to see other Salm-style honing products...

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vielsalm

It's exactly the same of mine except one thing, the name!the same color the same aspect same look,and the same slury.

No wonder that La Lorraine is the same as La rouge de Salm.
At the geographical point of view, La Lorraine was a former french province situated north-east of France and extending in south of what is now Belgium. It is just on the foot of the Ardenne where you find Vielsalm and the river Salm.
NB Ardenne is a geological region, The Ardennes is a french department (administrative division, like a county)

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Originally Posted by paloma

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Originally Posted by YoWan

No wonder that La Lorraine is the same as La rouge de Salm.
At the geographical point of view, La Lorraine was a former french province situated north-east of France and extending in south of what is now Belgium. It is just on the foot of the Ardenne where you find Vielsalm and the river Salm.
NB Ardenne is a geological region, The Ardennes is a french department (administrative division, like a county)

Thanks for the clarification as to Ardenne/Ardennes. I had that figured out once, but it can be about as confusing as a Lorraine stone that's not from la Lorraine (now "Grand Est"). Way, toning leash 'ey pall mall duh too.