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

I've got a six by 2 coticule. i get some pics up when i can. I just found this thread and it made me grab my coticule and look. i didn't realize that it was a natural combo i thought the back was slate but after looking at all these pics and lapping it to see the color it for sure is a blue. i'm excited. and i just happen to have a dull razor...

I've had this one for a while. It's very fast on slurry and slow with water.

Originally Posted by Wid

It's very vast on slurry and slow with water.

Very vast? Does it swell up like a sponge?

Sometimes typos can be fun!

Oh well, I'm human.

Originally Posted by Wid

I've had this one for a while. It's very fast on slurry and slow with water.

That's a very pretty stone, Wid. Congrats.

Me

Here is my coticule, anyone have an idea what vein it is?

Greetings, gents. Here are picks of my two coticules. The first stone is the top half of a Les Latneuses hybrid. The second is a combo stone. I don't know what vein it is from.

Originally Posted by TheZ

Here is my coticule, anyone have an idea what vein it is?

Don't know, don't care. In my experience it is unusual to have the grain run that way rather than the length of the hone, but I really like the way it looks. How does it hone?

Well, I don't have anything to compare it to, but it gets the blade nice and sharp. After some trial and error I have been using it with a light slurry after a synthetic 3k waterstone, finish on water, and then do some laps on chromium oxide. It was able to nicely refresh my W&B after 3 weeks of use with about 40 water laps, rinsing under the faucet every 10. It doesn't feel like a soft stone, but again I have nothing to compare it to.

Originally Posted by TheZ

Here is my coticule, anyone have an idea what vein it is?

Looks like a La Dressante or Au Bleu, though I'm often wrong on these. Beautiful stone regardless.