Thread: Hone ID help needed - what did I get?

Was hoping someone might be able to help me ID this hone. It came with a straight razors I purchased on eBay a while ago. No info was provided about it. It is 7" x 1.5" x 5/8". One side is cream/tan and the other is brown.

I have a barber hone that has those colours, but it is not nearly that long.

Some type of coticule.

I'd bet my bottom dollar that it is a coticule.

Originally Posted by dinnermint

I'd bet my bottom dollar that it is a coticule.

And the dark side might be a piece of useless stone that they glue them too.

Originally Posted by DZEC

I have a barber hone that has those colours, but it is not nearly that long.

I didn’t look carefully enough at the last picture. The gap on the right end of the stone sure looks like a coticule glued to some kind of backing stone.

Looks like an old Coticule glued to a piece of BBW


A couple of more pictures / close ups would help, but the ones I have that look highly alike are all Coti + BBW glued;
back in the day BBW was 'always' used as a"""backer""", although I find calling the BBW a backer is proving it a big disregard, it's an amazing stone with great capabilities

Looks Belgian to me too.

Originally Posted by TristanLudlow

Looks like an old Coticule glued to a piece of BBW


A couple of more pictures / close ups would help, but the ones I have that look highly alike are all Coti + BBW glued;
back in the day BBW was 'always' used as a"""backer""", although I find calling the BBW a backer is proving it a big disregard, it's an amazing stone with great capabilities

Thanks for the replies. I started cleaning it up last night, I will try to get some better pictures tonight.

BBW or junk stone backer. They do the junk sto es now days, but years ago the BBW was used a lot more for a backer. Bei g this doez look old, you could have a dual stone there.

But im no Coti guy. Just what ive read.