Thread: Belgian Blue 8k

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

What about this - a grey stone from the Belgian Ardennes region which is rated the same as the yellow, except harder...

Regards,
Neil

I believe that this is a "diferent name" of belgian blue.

Get one & test it. It's relatively cheap compared to the coti. That could be the next big thing! 250mmx60mm (10"x2" 3/8) for 42 Euro's isn't bad.
But not cheap if it's a BBW

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

What about this - a grey stone from the Belgian Ardennes region which is rated the same as the yellow, except harder...

Regards,
Neil

Most likely a Belgian Blue. That store sells Coticules too.

A belgian blue was my first thought too, but I'd have expected them to respect the naming convention - calling it grey and saying that the grit size is similar to a coticule is what struck me as odd...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

What about this - a grey stone from the Belgian Ardennes region which is rated the same as the yellow, except harder...

Regards,
Neil

Neil, you have no idea how happy I was to see you post that. Some time ago I got this pink natural. I posted about the pink side on the forum but not the other side. I was surprised to see that what would ordinarily have been the purplish blue side was grey. Not as dark as the one you linked to but grey nonetheless. I haven't fooled with it enough to get an impression. I had planned on posting eventually (not enough time in the day) to ask if anyone had seen such a thing and then you posted. If anyone out there has any idea what I have here please advise.

That's a very cool stone Jimmy!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Neil, you have no idea how happy I was to see you post that. Some time ago I got this pink natural. I posted about the pink side on the forum but not the other side. I was surprised to see that what would ordinarily have been the purplish blue side was grey. Not as dark as the one you linked to but grey nonetheless. I haven't fooled with it enough to get an impression. I had planned on posting eventually (not enough time in the day) to ask if anyone had seen such a thing and then you posted. If anyone out there has any idea what I have here please advise.

That's quite an amazing 'grain'! It looks a bit like a 'water of Ayr' stone I saw a while ago - quite a find in any event. I have seen 'greyish' BBW's and very dark blue ones - but nothing like that!

I bought the BBW as an inexperienced razor user (the razor as well in fact) and I bought it based on the info about it on the site and I just wanted to make it clear that imho,it does what it says on th tin.I got the results I wanted with very little effort so now all I need to do is practice and learn.Gosh this thread has turned out to be a great discussion!

Originally Posted by blueprinciple

That's quite an amazing 'grain'! It looks a bit like a 'water of Ayr' stone I saw a while ago - quite a find in any event. I have seen 'greyish' BBW's and very dark blue ones - but nothing like that!

I had never seen anything like it either. Hard to lap and seems to be a mix of sedimentary stuff. Some pinkish areas coming through but dominantly grey on that side and has that coticule look and feel. I have done a bit of honing on it but need to do more to come to any conclusion. Reading what Bart said about his pink cot I will have to see how the pink side cuts as well. If the pink is as fast as Bart's the grey may be a great finisher. I have high hopes for it. If I am disappointed in the performance I will still be happy with the stone as it is beautiful to look at. We HADdicts are a crazy bunch.

If you like the edge resulting from a Belgian blue, try the Belgian yellow. I use the blue when the razor is a bit dull to bring it back and then finish on the yellow.