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01-25-2009, 01:33 AM #1Woo hoo!
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Most beautiful stone?
Hey all,
So I was just wondering, what stone do you find to be the most beautiful? I'm not talking about performance, but merely aethestic quality. I'm not going to limit the question to naturals, but I have a feeling a lot (all) of the preferrences will be for natural stones.
So far, the stones I have are a norton 220/1000, 4000/8000, a 6" x 1 1/4" coticule combo, a 8" x 2" coticule, and a 5" x 1 1/8" y/g thuringian. Performance aside, I think the coticule can be the most beautiful stone there is. The colour of it can be magnificant, and the pattern on the surface? Truly gorgeous!! So my vote is for the Belgian coticule.
So what do you think the most beautiful stone out there is?
Dave
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01-25-2009, 02:01 AM #2Senior Member
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I'm at work so I can't post a pic but my pink natural coticule. I also find the Dalmore Blue to be an attractive stone.
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01-25-2009, 02:12 AM #3Senior Member
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My vintage 150+ year old coticule natural combo that I'll be passing down to the next generation:
My Nakayama Asagi is probably my most unique and aesthetically interesting.
Dalmore Blues are amazing as well. I have one but don't have pics.
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01-25-2009, 02:22 AM #4Woo hoo!
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Wow, nice stones, thanks for sharing!
So I must admit I've never heard of a Dalmore Blue before, so I will DEFINITELY need to see a picture of one of those.
Jimmy, I'm pretty sure I saw a picture of your pink coticule a while back on some thread....well it was someone's at least! But definitely a very beautiful stone.
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01-25-2009, 02:31 AM #5Senior Member
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Someone posted pics of a Dalmore Blue fairly recently. We had a big discussion about them. A search should bring it up. Beautiful swirled pattern.
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01-25-2009, 04:11 AM #6Hones & Honing
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One of my natural Japanese stones really stands out. Sorry, no pic's now. I think it is an asagi, one step down from a finishing stone. Basically a white stone with streaks of maroon/red/gold.
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02-08-2009, 04:38 AM #7Senior Member
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The most visually beautiful hone in my collection is a Charnley Forest. It is a greenish color with dark maroon swirls and it looks very mysterious. Coticules with figure are also right up there and I've seen figure that varies from bacon stripes to what looks like Chinese characters. I also have a Blue Dalmore that is very pretty.
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