Thread: Should I buy a belgian stone?

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.