Thread: Coticule expert needed

I found an artist's rendering. Not the real deal, unfortunately.

Originally Posted by russhi

I will post pictures but ill never be able to give the detail for identification. when picked it up at a junk store I thought it was a frictionite until I cleaned it up an saw the sedimatary layers on the side identicle to my yellow coticule. Do frictionite stones have sedimentary layers on the sides and produce a slurry?

frictionites are barber hone size, since that is what they are, and have two distinct sides. The colors blend a bit where they join but no resemblance to sedimentary layers.

Here is a picture of a Frictionite hone. Is it similar to this?

Sight unseen I vote No on the "is this a coticule?" thing. The really weird side of me hopes I am wrong though....

Coticules do not produce greyish black slurry without steel.

Originally Posted by Scipio

Coticules do not produce greyish black slurry without steel.

Right,

If you rub a slurry stone or a DMT on the hone does it create white slurry? A coticule will make white slurry no matter when it was quarried, it should only turn grey from the razor's steel.

Originally Posted by Disburden

Right,

If you rub a slurry stone or a DMT on the hone does it create white slurry? A coticule will make white slurry no matter when it was quarried, it should only turn grey from the razor's steel.

If you rub me with a DMT, do I not bleed!!?

Well Russhi

You got us all lathered up over your mystery stone and still no photos.

That's like singing happy birthday to me and then telling me there will be no cake............

Jerry

I know, I should have qualified. When I wrote 'steel' I did mean razor...

I'll be equally pedantic and say when using a DMT to flatten a coticule, it is the diamonds that touch said hone in any event.

I have a Pike coticule that says Made in US on the box, but not stamped on the hone itself. In fact, it is a BBW glued to a coticule, so I guess the box really should say (since this thread seems to be pandering to the pedant) "Glued in US".

James.