Thread: Should I have this Coticule bout cut?

I have a coticule/bbw combo stone that has a spot where the bbw looks like it's coming through, but it isn't. It's just a little thin and translucent in that spot and because of that you can see through the coticule to the bbw. If you take a flashlight or something like that and shine it on the blue-ish part, you'll probably see that the blue tint goes away (or at least it does on mine).

Like someone else said, I'd try it as a finisher first and see how that works out. I wouldn't cut it up, either. You can get slurry stones for next to nothing and you won't need slurry to use it as a finisher. Also, don't worry about it being too big or unwieldy for hand-honing. I rest mine on my kitchen table; that way there's one less variable that I have to control.