Thread: My coticule broke! :(

So here is what happend, I had just been done with honing a razor on my stone and i was very happy with the result. I layed the stone in its wooden box on a chair and took out my straight razor box where i keep all my stuff. Suddenly i hear i that something hits the floor wich btw has a carpet all over it. The stone had slided from the chair and down, not even 0,5 high. I pick it up and check it, its been splitted in the middle like someone had run a hot knife through it. I instatly sent a mail to the store i got it from, here their answer.





"We're sorry you dropped the grinding stone so it broke. Grinding Stone is a natural product and the quality of it is based on what the performance outcomes at honing of knives and not on how it will withstand falls from heights. Unfortunately, it can be natural materials react like this".

And by the way its a Ardennes Coticule Selected honing stone 100x40 mm. Its a stone! isent it supposed to be a lil bit tougher?

Ummm...Things break if you drop them. The stone is still usable, so you're not out anything. In fact, you now have an extra BBW...so lucky you!

Hmm ok well thanks for the info, its still a bit annoying though:P.. JimR extra BBW? what do you mean?

Isn't that a combo? The bottom half looks blue to me. Or is it slate?

Yeah its a combo, its kind of blackish on one side

It could not have broke any better, the coticule layer is still intact. Just glue them back together and it will be fine.

I don't understand why you sent that email. You can't expect a seller to refund an item you broke. Coticules are actually known for being fragile hence they are sold with backing.

Originally Posted by Sibban

Yeah its a combo, its kind of blackish on one side

so now you have an extra BBW then.
What really is important is to not leave the stone on a chair always on a nice stable flat surface away from edges ( not like on your pics).
Also honing really happens on the coticule side so you are fine.

Your glass is half empty, not half full my friend... Sell the lower half. You have enough on the BBW side to last
awhile.

It's only a 10x4 cm stone so the Coti/BBW part is about 5-6mm thick. I wouldn't advice using that without extra backing.

I can understand your surprise and disappointment that such a small fall broke the stone. That said the company is 100% correct it is a natural material they are in no way responsible for it's durability. You could not have been any luckier with the way that the stone broke, just be grateful it broke the way it did and go buy a lotto ticket because you are a lucky guy!