Stone you use with a Belgian Coticule

**Gibbs** · 02-20-2011, 06:38 AM

What kind of stones do you all use with your Belgian Coticule slurry stone? I got one in the mail and used it with a flat granite headstone. Produced nice milky white slurry and I used that on my new Henckels (use-vintage0 that I got in the mail today. Razor seems sharp enough, but who am I to know?

**altshaver** · 02-20-2011, 07:32 AM

Belgian Coticule slurry stones are usually only used with Belgian Coticules. From what I can tell, you want to use the slurry stone in the same way that nagura stones are used with Japanese Natural whetstones. Personally, I would only use the Coticule slurry stone with Belgian Coticules, but I, too, would be interested to read about other peoples' experiments with the slurry stones.

**knightwolf** · 02-20-2011, 07:35 AM

I know some use a diamond plate. I think in general any stone that is harder than your hone stone would work.

**ScottGoodman** · 02-20-2011, 08:17 AM

I actually use my slurry stone on my shapton glasstones from time to time. BBW on 4k and coti side on 8K.

**Gibbs** · 02-20-2011, 10:13 AM

This stone is 2 parts. One side is yellow and the other a dark slate gray color, split about even for thickness. What is the dark gray area for?
Link to what I got and where I got it. http://www.bestsharpeningstones.com/...urry_stone.htm

**PhatMan** · 02-20-2011, 10:43 AM

Gibbs,

Sometimes the grey/blacky-blue backing is just schist, other times it may be a 'Belgian Blue' depending on the vein the stone was cut from.

To be on the safe side until the backing is ID'd, I would just use the 'coti' side of the rubber.

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

**Gibbs** · 02-20-2011, 04:42 PM

It is slate and not Belgian Blue. Not very big but I gues one could use it as a touch up stone as well?

**pcb01** · 02-20-2011, 04:45 PM

Went to the site listed and enlarged the picture. I do not think the dark side is BBW. It is schist. It is glued to the cuticle to prevent breakage. Coticules are fairly fragile. Schist should not be used to create a slurry. Of course, the same was said about BBW for several generations. Common knowledge is sometimes in error.

**zib** · 02-20-2011, 06:08 PM

Guys, That is a Coticule No 1 Bout, not a combo bout. The gray side is unusable. It just supports the Coticule. It is Schist. The combo stones have a bbw side, it makes purple slurry when rubbed....

**hoglahoo** · 02-20-2011, 07:12 PM

coticule slurry on granite - I don't think I saw that method in the wiki

if your razor is shaving well then I don't think you can complain

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