Coticule Jackpot

My Father and a friend of his were at an auction sale last week and his friend bought a box of junk and inside was some old style clippers and there was around 6 sharpening stones. My Dad called me and said to come over and look at the stones and if I wanted any of them I could have them. He said they were in rough shape but I was excited anyways lol. I looked through them and there were two coticules that had separated from the slate backing and one was very badly dished. I took them home and epoxied them back together. once they were dry I lapped them and the badly dished one also had a large flake missing so I had to cut the corner off of it. They turned out great. very nice looking, smooth and buttery. I was very happy. Then my Dad called me back and said he forgot that he had taken one out of the bag and left it on his bench and that it was the nicest one. I quickly went back with my lapping plate and I was the largest of the three and it is a blushing coticule. It's a very pretty stone for sure. All three of them are different and I can't wait to try them out. The dimensions are 50x100, 55x125, and 60x125. Hope you enjoy the eye candy.

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And, people don't believe they are still out there in the wild!
Enjoy!
~Richard

WOW! :y Not to mention your fine skills at restoring them. Even more impressive, IMO.

Bet ya feel real luck now Eh Joseph? Happy for you.:dropjaw:;)

Never heard of a blushing coticule before, but I'm new to coticule honing. You really did a great job with those stones. The dished stone certainly had some miles on it, but you got it looking like new again.
It must have taken a lot of honing to put that kind of wear on it. I guess a lot of old barbers didn't really believe in lapping or flattening their stones.
Very nice find and +1 on what Sharptonn said.

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Originally Posted by Geezer

And, people don't believe they are still out there in the wild!
Enjoy!
~Richard

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If I hadn't found mine at an antique store, I would still be going without.

Really nice find!!!

You got some stones son!
Good dad too!
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Wow Joseph, Very nice score. You have a nice little collection of Coticules now.

Those look like some fine coticules that I am sure will provide you with fantastic edges.

Those look very nice, going by the first two pictures I doubted they actually were coticules. Great saves. Lovely sizes too, very practical, especially for honing with the hone in hand. Enjoy!

Great find! I've rarely been lucky in finding coticules at auctions or flea markets (and I live in Belgium).

Thanks guys. This is the first time my Dad has come back with something worth while. There have been many stones come and go in the last year and this is not the norm for sure. He's starting to be more interested in the stones now. I let him watch me lap the blushing coti and when it first revealed the colour and I showed him he got excited to see the rest lol. Here's hoping he finds a nice escher one of these days ;)

Nice catch!


Mike

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Originally Posted by JosephHoffer

Thanks guys. This is the first time my Dad has come back with something worth while. There have been many stones come and go in the last year and this is not the norm for sure. He's starting to be more interested in the stones now. I let him watch me lap the blushing coti and when it first revealed the colour and I showed him he got excited to see the rest lol. Here's hoping he finds a nice escher one of these days ;)

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Show him some pics of the labels.... but I'm sure you've probably already done that. I was trying to tell my Dad about hone wear the other day, sometimes it's hard to explain to them what's good and bad.

Nice job fixing those up!

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Originally Posted by Pithor

Those look very nice, going by the first two pictures I doubted they actually were coticules. Great saves. Lovely sizes too, very practical, especially for honing with the hone in hand. Enjoy!

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I think in the first pic he actually has the inner part of the stone with the dirty dried epoxy facing up. They sure don't look like much in the first pic though.

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Originally Posted by decraew

Great find! I've rarely been lucky in finding coticules at auctions or flea markets (and I live in Belgium).

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Well that stinks. Think maybe you can get a new one a little cheaper since your local??
Reminds me of a post where a member was in Solingen (or Sheffield?) and couldn't find any nice straight razors.

Yep, jackpot. They are really nice