Thread: Coticule Versus Escher circa 1926

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

Did i read it says Cream color of the stone is real hone?
Does that means BBW IS NOT HONE? JUST SLATE FOR BACKING?
by the way JIMMY thank you for hiding all this great information from us until now.
lol.

Sham, back in the mid 1980s I bought 3 coticules from three different barbers in north NJ. All of them told me the cream color side was the hone and the blue side was not good for honing. Just to reinforce the cotiucle. They referred to it as a 'soap stone' and used lather as the vehicle for their honing. No slurry. If I understand it correctly the fact that the bbw is a viable hone has only become known in recent years. BTW, I just got the book a week ago off of the bay and was very happy to see the pages on the hones.