Thread: Older hone help, please

I bought this stone not knowing what it was. After reading some threads in this forum, I believe it is a combination stone where the darker side is a Belgian blue whetstone, and the lighter side is a Belgian coticule. If you folks could confirm this, I would appreciate it.

The stone has seen some abuse. Both sides need some attention, but the blue side is sufficiently damaged that I don't want to drag a razor across it. I have a Norton flattening stone; would that be suitable for restoring the blue side, or is the Norton too coarse/aggressive?

Lastly, I understand that having separate stone for the creation of slurry is desirable. How does one go about finding a 'slurry' stone? I'm thinking that the Norton prep stone that I have would be too aggressive for the blue stone.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Looks like a natural combo to me.

I dont think Norton Flattening stone will not work.

Follow the instructions here, for both sides, and that hone will look brand new.

Hone Lapping 101 - Straight Razor Place Wiki


Slurry stone... I believe there are some in the classifieds you can buy or you can use a dmt to build slurry.

Beautiful natural coticule. I would use the Norton flattening stone to clean it up. For slurry a credit card sized DMT 325 or for a coti slurry stone send SRP member zib a PM and he can probably take care of that at a reasonable price. Howard at The Perfect Edge also.

Very nice stone i am sure you will love it. Not many of us so lucky.

^^^ What they said!

I wished I were so lucky!

I followed the directions at the wiki link provided by Slartibartfast, and I gotta tell you, this stone looks so much better, and both surfaces are as smooth as a baby's butt. It took me a little while to get the blue side finished, but the results are extremely encouraging. I think I may have to drag a razor across this tonight.

In the course of working the stone, it occurred to me that the sandpaper was doing a fine job of working up a slurry. Do you think that sandpaper is a suitable substitute for a slurry stone?

Originally Posted by ErieSurfer

I followed the directions at the wiki link provided by Slartibartfast, and I gotta tell you, this stone looks so much better, and both surfaces are as smooth as a baby's butt. It took me a little while to get the blue side finished, but the results are extremely encouraging. I think I may have to drag a razor across this tonight.

In the course of working the stone, it occurred to me that the sandpaper was doing a fine job of working up a slurry. Do you think that sandpaper is a suitable substitute for a slurry stone?

I might try it in a pinch but I am anal about not wanting to have one abrasive contaminating another. A slurry stone would be better IMO even if the sandpaper would work. Others will not doubt have their own experiences and opinion.

Very nice stone! Take the advice above, and you will have a great stone for a long time

Excellent. the method involving the bbw & coticule in the wiki works very well.

I have used the unicot and dulicot methods Bart explains on his coticule.be site with success too.