Thread: The......Belgian Brotherhood?

WineGuy

For what its worth, I think its a natural. There looks to be a natural line rather than a glued one. Look at my earlier post and you can see my 3 cotis. Two of them have a sharp difference like yours, while all 3 of them are natural.

Here it is again:

Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

I know there are two threads already show casing my find but..............


Every man should have 12 inches !
http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...gians-big.html

enjoy baby !

It's 12 inches and it's all natural

Oh, well I stand corrected then

And it was my bad with the natural/artificial confusion, too.
I missed the point.
I don´t think there is a difference in the look and appearance of the border.

Geez, That's the nicest natural I've ever seen in that size. You usually don't get much Coti. I'd love for you to send a pic to Bart and get his input. If you don't have his email, send me a pm...I can tell you this, if that is an 8x3 natural combo, it's worth quite a bit...they're pretty rare these days, especially in that size...IIRC

As vendor for Ardnennes, I can tell you quality in Coticules comes in the grades, standard, selected and Kohser. Kosher is clean, through and through, no flaws, fissures, cracks, etc...Selected has a clean surface, may have hidden flaws, and Standard, well, they have flaws, veins, etc..visably, on the surface...

I think the problem the others are pointing out, is that stone looks too good to be a natural, based on what we've seen. Not to say it isn't.

But, Beauty is only skin deep, How does it cut...? that's the true test....



Rich

Originally Posted by WineGuyD

The question was whether a natural combo that has two clearly defined stones is more or less valuable than one that gradates between the two.

That depends, if it is genuinely a true natural I would say there is no difference. If you have an eye loupe or a microscope take a look at the seam to confirm it one way or the other. While the 'true' natural formed by metamorphic forces has more 'cool' factor it is not better than a glued combo. It may not be as good as some individual stones or it may be better. IME with a couple of dozen there have been slight differences but they have all been reasonably close in performance.

Originally Posted by WineGuyD

The question was whether a natural combo that has two clearly defined stones is more or less valuable than one that gradates between the two.

The abruptness of the boundary has pretty low significance to the overall value of the hone - for me. That particular aesthetic just doesn't mean a lot to me personally.

Here's a few detail shots to mollify the skeptics that thought my 8x3 stone was not a "nztural combo".

yes, it is much more evident now. It´s clearly a natural.
Unfortunately it seems to be grown to schist* that is (almost) unusable for sharpening action.
But the stone is extremely nice anyway!


*unless the colouration of the picture is messed up

Originally Posted by Lesslemming

yes, it is much more evident now. It´s clearly a natural.
Unfortunately it seems to be grown to schist* that is (almost) unusable for sharpening action.
But the stone is extremely nice anyway!


*unless the colouration of the picture is messed up

Looks to me like there are actually three layers. 1) Coticule with a natural contact to a 2) thin BBW layer (lighter color in middle). The bottom of the BBW has been lapped and glued to 3) a schist (darker, thicker layer at bottom). Pics 1 and 3 show this best. I'd say the BBW was deemed too thin to be usable (or stable) and was glued to the schist.

That's my interpretation. YMMV....

I can´t see a BBW there