Thread: A Hone From the Past

I was sitting here thinking the other day, about knife sharpening experiences from my youth. I remembered having a whetstone that my father gave me, which I disliked very much. It was too smooth, and to a youngster in a hurry, took far too long to sharpen my hunting knife. Now, I was thinking, this might be something for a razor. So off I went, rummaging through some of the flotsam and jetsam of my past, and produced this beat up and dingy little stone:



After lapping with a DMT 325, it looks and feels like something that might be a winner:



Now, I am a complete novice at serious honing, and razor honing in general, but I am thinking that this might be a coticule. The dark stone is almost purple in color, while the light-colored stone is a creamy white. The light layer is quite thin on one side.

What are your thoughts? Is this something that I should try out with a razor? Is this a Belgian whetstone?

(Amazing how something of no value from the past can re-present itself as a highly desirable item!)

- Rod