Thread: Belgian Blue 8k

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.