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04-15-2021, 05:46 PM #1Senior Member
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1660 grams of solid rock
Postman delivered this today:
1660 grams natural combo from an old barber shop. Veins are red. At its deepest the yellow coticule is still 1.5 cm deep. Veins are red. So this most likely is a La Dessante.
Has this engine room smell due to use with oil.
29 cm long 8 cm at its widest.Last edited by Kees; 04-15-2021 at 05:51 PM.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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04-15-2021, 05:48 PM #2Senior Member
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04-15-2021, 06:09 PM #3Senior Member
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https://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%202...whetstones.pdf
Page 22 La Dessante au bleu.Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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04-15-2021, 08:27 PM #4Senior Member
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Very interesting read!
Originally Posted by Kees
Always a good quote as that's exactly what I found to be true with Coticule finishes and others as well, the least amount of pressure yields the smoothest and sharpest edges.Depending on the pressure exerted onthe blade you can get with the use of a lot of pressure arough impression and with very little pressure an almostpolished edge. All that with only one stone!
Super interesting stones and dear gawd, what a species you got there, amazing!Last edited by TristanLudlow; 04-15-2021 at 08:30 PM.
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04-15-2021, 10:15 PM #5Senior Member
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What an awesome stone!!! Congrats
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04-18-2021, 10:47 AM #6Senior Member
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After a couple hours'worth of elbow grease the hone is lapped and looks even better. Iron pigment in veins clearly visible now. It now weighs in at 1570 grams so I had to remove 90 grams of rock to get a flat honing surface.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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04-18-2021, 11:30 AM #7Senior Member
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Just honed my week's rotation on them: razors shown above. Edge looks pretty scratchy under a loupe but hanging hair test inaudible and still successful at more than 1 cm beyond the fingers holding the hairs.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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04-18-2021, 11:51 AM #8Preserver of old grinding methods
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Fantastic stone Kees!
I really like these old barber hones. And if they have such dimensions, you cannot go wrong with anything.
Regards Peter
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04-18-2021, 12:05 PM #9Senior Member
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Let us know how the shave is, Coticules are such fantastic looking stones that give awesome edges. Easily my favorites.
I found that when finishing the razor, passing the HHT straight off the Coticule is a very good sign, always provides me for good shaves when it does.
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Nice find. I like the shape too.
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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