Thread: Coticule question

Spent some time on the auction site and left with this. The color is much lighter than the picture shows, very very light yellow, almost white. Seems like a hard stone but since I dont have experience with coticules I cant really compare. Stamp on the side says L. Herder and Co. From what I found there was a Leopold Herder in Philadelphia who made knives etc but their logo was L Herder & Son. Anybody with any info on this one? Vein? Who Herder was?

Because of the manganese veins and the fact that it is a natural combo stone, my guess would be La Veinette.

Great looking stone that I am sure will provide you with excellent edges. Enjoy it in good health.

Not sure on the vein but looks like it is a really nice coticule. usually, those black lines in coticule are a good sign of a nice stone

Don't think it is a natural combo in total. Looks like the coticule layer itself was very thin and gone over into BBW (as a natural combo) but then glued to BBW. From the vein I am with badgister - might be a Veinette, from the more darker middle part of the coticule layer could be an Old rock. But thats only guessing.
Herder is a typical Solingen name for bladesmith and knife factories but don't remember a L. Herder. But a lot of the old blade factories also sold whetstones. Nice stone anyway - should work good and serve you well!
Regards Peter

Thank you guys for the responses. Peter, it does look glued but when I look closer I can't identify the seam. I tried to look with a lupe and still nothing. My other glued coticules I can see the seam pretty easily. I tried to take a picture of one corner and it seems to go BBW, thin yellow line, blue, Y/B mix and then yellow.
Oh well, I know it doesn't really matter. Just my curiosity