Quote Originally Posted by Chris L View Post
With any coticule I've owned that had inclusions, I've found the inclusion material to be very soft. One one example, I viewed an inclusion under my stereo microscope and poked at it with a pin. The material within the inclusion (inclusions looked just like the ones on your stone) was extremely soft and yielded to the point of the pin which pressed into the inclusion with almost no pressure. The cottie worked just fine.

IME these cottie inclusions are not a harder imbedded grit like some natural and synthetic stones can have. It gives the stones character.

Chris L
I have to agree with Chris L. In fact I was fortunate enough to get my finest coticule from him. And it has CHARACTER. And hones like a dream....