Hone ID - Any ideas?

[HNSB]

I got this hone with a razor, it came in a nice wooden box.
Unfortunately there was no documentation with it, and the hone has no markings.

Any ideas what this might be?
The stone measures 1-1/8" x 5"

[holli4pirating]

Unless I'm seriously mistaken, that is a natral Coti/BBW combo. The colors and lack of an apparent seam line are what make me say that. At least I can't see a seam line in those pics.

[Joed]

Looks to be coticule and BBW combo, glued. Congrats! What about pics of the razor?

Edit: Can't always see the seam line but the transition from Coticule to BBW looks too straight to be a natural. Could be mistaken though.

[zib]

The older Coticules from Ardennes had BBW's glued to the bottom instead of Slate.
Your pics aren't that great, but that'd be my guess....

[HNSB]

Wow you guys are quick. I've been looking at other pictures of belgian stones and I think you are right.

FWIW, it's definitely glued, it's just hard to see in my poor quality pictures here.


Now I just need to decide if I should order a slurry stone, or just put this thing up in the classifieds... I kind of like how narrow it is, in passing a blade over it, it's much easier for me to maintain spine and edge contact for the part that's on the stone. I need more practice with my Nani superstones, but the width of them makes it hard for me to have good consistent contact. In fact, the only way I've been able to get shaving edges so far is by using rolling x-strokes. Perhaps a narrower stone would be better for me to learn on...

Anyhow, thanks for the help!

[holli4pirating]

I'd say keep it. The money instead of the hone may be nice now, if you got a good deal, you may never get another good deal even if you look for one. A coti makes a great touchup hone, and you can play with slurry if you are comfortable doing so, but I would recommend you wait till you're pretty experienced with hones, honing, and edges before you do. For slurry, I don't like too narrow of a hone, because that makes it easier for the slurry to get pushed off the hone.

[McWolf1969]

Congrats HNSB, on a wonderful hone. All's ya need is a slurry stone, to expand its honing capabilities and you'll be good to go.

Thanks,

Mac

[avatar1999]

+1 to the above!

Nice looking hone

Should be a nice stone!

[niftyshaving]

Wow you guys are quick. I've been looking at other pictures of belgian stones and I think you are right.

FWIW, it's definitely glued, it's just hard to see in my poor quality pictures here.


Now I just need to decide if I should order a slurry stone, or just put this thing up in the classifieds... I kind of like how narrow it is, in passing a blade over it, it's much easier for me to maintain spine and edge contact for the part that's on the stone. I need more practice with my Nani superstones, but the width of them makes it hard for me to have good consistent contact. In fact, the only way I've been able to get shaving edges so far is by using rolling x-strokes. Perhaps a narrower stone would be better for me to learn on...

Anyhow, thanks for the help!

Heck if you cannot decide what to do with it I would be
happy if you gave it to me... I would even pay postage
and go get my own slurry stone.

[HNSB]

The ironic part about this is that I bought the razor because it was a good deal. The stone just happened to come with it.

Turns out the stone is worth more than the razor, so I got a ridiculously good deal.