Thread: Home I.D. Please (I think I got a bbw/coticule combo for $7)

I agree with Jimmy and you have a bit of lapping to do on both sides as both are dished. The BBW
is just more dished than the yellow side. Enjoy.

Although it looks like a Coticule/BBW combo with the picture quality as it is it could also be one of those synthetics made to resemble a Coticule/BBW. It is odd the dark side is worn and the slurry of a Coticule is usually white/milky. BBWs have a very characteristic pattern so look up a couple of BBW pics and compare.

The slurry could definitely be described as milky, but not exactly white. It's a little off-white. Pretty pale. As a dad, I'd say it's the color of (my apologies in advance) breast milk.

Certainly looks and sounds like a coticule. Post some pictures now that it's cleaned, that would clinch it.

Could be, but I question the stark contrast between the dark and the light. I see no transition that I would expect in a natural progression from blue to yellow!

Regards,

Howard

Edit: Not saying its not a coticule, just questioning the natural combo of the BBW/Yellow. Hope it's a great finisher!!

Most likely a vintage yellow coticule glued to a blue Belgian wetstone.

The blue side's slurry should be a creamy purple colour.

Another note, not that you don't have plenty of help already!

A coticule should give off a definite earthy-musty odor as you lap into it (no, not like breast milk!). If it's synthetic it will probably smell synthetic.

Here's the mostly lapped stone and some slurry. If by "earthy" you mean smells like fresh plowed dirt, then it definitely smells earthy. One might say it smells like a rock. I wonder what on earth would make the slurry smell like a rock...

Originally Posted by apvonkanel

Here's the mostly lapped stone and some slurry. If by "earthy" you mean smells like fresh plowed dirt, then it definitely smells earthy. One might say it smells like a rock. I wonder what on earth would make the slurry smell like a rock...

Yeah, I meant earthy as in the definition of earthy, I guess.

Resembling or suggestive of earth or soil: "an earthy smell"

Nice find. Congrats. And I would recommend using something a little coarser than a 1200 DMT to lap coticules, but to each his own.