Thread: Any interest in tricked out Chinese 12ks?

I already have something similar, Marcus. I bought the same type of blades that fit in my hacksaw. I used them to cut the damaged ends off of a multi-colored slate whetstone and ended up with two slurry stones in the process. It worked well for cross cutting one fairly soft stone as I could cut without the need for water.

I want to both crosscut and rip cut lengthwise and I want to do it to 3 or 4 12ks. As much as I need the upper body workout , This little project is a job for a precision machine that will do the work in short order and with little effort. If I had a ton of disposable income, I'd buy my own stone saw for like $400, but I couldn't justify such a purchase, so a $45 rental is fine with me. It'll be fun and worth the money just to do it.

My only hope is that after I'm done cutting up the 12ks that I don't grab my 8"x3" natural coticule combo and rip that lengthwise. Shame on me that I'm tempted to do such a crazy thing, but I really like narrower hones at this stage.

Chris L

Chris,

I would be interested in a stone/slurry set. Put me on the list and keep me updated.

Thanks!

-Alex

P.S. That green chrome ox on my balsa is working well. Thanks again!

Don't cut the coticule.

We will have to have a save the coticule day. I can see the banners now.

Sell it and buy a smaller one in the size you want. The big stones are very rare and worth a premium price.

These guys will cut you any size or quality you want. It is the original source of all the new coticule sold at present.

Ardennes Coticule - natural sharpening stones from Vielsalm Belgium. - Online shop

Have a play in their shop and you will see what I mean.

Originally Posted by English

Don't cut the coticule.

We will have to have a save the coticule day. I can see the banners now.

Sell it and buy a smaller one in the size you want. The big stones are very rare and worth a premium price.

These guys will cut you any size or quality you want. It is the original source of all the new coticule sold at present.

Ardennes Coticule - natural sharpening stones from Vielsalm Belgium. - Online shop

Have a play in their shop and you will see what I mean.

I know, I know, I'll refrain for cutting up that natural. It's a very nice stone with a light green coticule surface rather than yellow. And the blue side is actually finer than my other blues as if the yellow layer mixed a bit more with the blue.

I purchased a great stone from Ardennes earlier this year and found Rob a delight to deal with. I would have bought the stone through Howard, but at the time I was looking for something more exotic (tiger striped) and Rob helped out with that; it was a long time prior to Howard getting some tiger striped coticules in.

I do like your idea about asking for a custom size. 8" x 1.5" sounds great to me.

Chris L
Chris L

Originally Posted by English

Don't cut the coticule.

The big stones are very rare and worth a premium price.

Sorry, whenever I hear the word BIG something rubs against my knee

C'mon someone comment this things bloody heavy. I can't keep it up all day............

Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

Sorry, whenever I hear the word BIG something rubs against my knee

Jeezus, would you put that damn thing away ? If you keep whipping it out like that, I am coming over to your house and stealing it. Ninja style.


Also, you should try to chop a slurry stone off a Spyderco UF... har har

The curved slipstones should take care of the rolling X that is so often discussed but little understood.

I've not used one but I have used a leather hone that had the same shape and it worked wonders on a warped edge or a smiling razor. So I see no reason why the slip stone shouldn't work well for those razors that are "uneven". The point is that the razor edge will only meet the stone at a very narrow point and so all unevenness, distortion or flaw will be catered for as you draw the blade in a figure of 8 return stroke.

Not just a pretty face.

And as for the warrior from Wales Will you please just put that thing away, it's frightening.

Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

Sorry, whenever I hear the word BIG something rubs against my knee

And this is what happens when we splash a little cold water on the hone. Bummer, eh?

Originally Posted by Chris L

If enough people also want slurry stones just to go with the 12ks they have, I would do that too.

Chris L

I'd also be interested in a slurry stone. Thanks Chris.

scott.