Thread: Should I buy a belgian stone?

Goods sold within the EU (IE Belgiam to Portugal) are not subject to further VAT as VAT has been charged by the vendor. There is duty on things like Tobacco and petrol though when shipped from one county to another- sometimes!!
The price you pay when the vendor is in the EU (and you are) is the fully taxed price.
I bought a coticule from Ardennes (Valued at about 50 euros) and that is all I paid.
I'm in the UK.

Yep, no customs between EU countries! Wooraahh.
I've bought several blades from EU folks and I know I'll never be bothered by customs.

Thank you all gents.

I'm off to the BST to send a WTB thread on a DMT D6E. Wish me luck.

Hello gents,

Sorry to bother you again, but could you help me the preferred sizes of a blue and coticule stone?
As for the blue, I was thinking of a 100x50 cm (4'' x 2'').
As for the coticule, I was going to a coticule bout nr. 6 (39 - 48 sq. cms)

I'm on a tight budget here, but am I ordering ridiculously small stones?



Thanks

Joshearl's first coticule was a 4x2 if I remember correctly, and he managed. That is, he managed for a while and then got a bigger coticule.

I'd skip the blue and get a slightly larger coticule, say 6x1.5.

+1 on Dylandog's advice.
On a tight budget, aim for narrow and long, instead of broad and short. 40 X 150 mm (1"3/4 X 6") is a good size. You need a bit of distance to perform a good honing stroke. At the same time, there are many razors that don't lay perfectly flat on a broad hone, whether that's due to a smiling curved edge or a slight warp in the blade. Such razors are a bit easier to hone on a narrow hone.
Many vintage coticule razor hones were 35 X 150.

Bart.