Thread: look what I found in the attic

didn't they used to glue BBW rather than slate to the bottom of yellows for stability? My guess is that BBW was glued on and was never meant to be used for honing, but rather was just the stabilizer/handle. But if you can lap it down to honeability why not.

Originally Posted by loueedacat

didn't they used to glue BBW rather than slate to the bottom of yellows for stability? My guess is that BBW was glued on and was never meant to be used for honing, but rather was just the stabilizer/handle. But if you can lap it down to honeability why not.

Judging by the seam I would guess that it come from the ground in one piece.

Don

Its a beauty! I love getting vintage coticules and experimenting with them.

Sweet find. I agree that the combo is most likely natural. If I stumbled upon that, I would probably lap the blue till I got a flat surface. If that means the whole stone is flat, so be it; if it means the edges are still recessed (as shown), that would be fine by me.

Have fun playing with those rocks.

Now why can't I find things like that in my attic. All I find are dead bugs.

Took a little break from the log house today to lap my new treasure. I took it down with the DMTC. I rubbed on the blue side and got a nice purple slury so I must have a natural combo. Before I take out the gouge in the blue I think I will look for a DMTX. I think the 320 would be a little slow to take off 1/8" of hone. Here is a pic of the yellow.

Don

Originally Posted by junkinduck

Took a little break from the log house today to lap my new treasure. I took it down with the DMTC. I rubbed on the blue side and got a nice purple slury so I must have a natural combo. Before I take out the gouge in the blue I think I will look for a DMTX. I think the 320 would be a little slow to take off 1/8" of hone. Here is a pic of the yellow.

Don

Man, that's a beautiful stone.

damn nice find i finally figured out how to use my couticle very light touch and it gives a nice sharp edge with no pressure used

Originally Posted by loueedacat

didn't they used to glue BBW rather than slate to the bottom of yellows for stability? My guess is that BBW was glued on and was never meant to be used for honing, but rather was just the stabilizer/handle. But if you can lap it down to honeability why not.

+1, although I don't know if it's glued on or naturally bonded.

They didn't care about the Blue in the old days. Some Coticules were naturally bonded to Blue, hence it was the obvious choice for gluing Coticule to that came from the heart of a layer. There's plenty of Blue available.

I do think, I might see a nice "downstroking" groove into that Blue back.

Great find!

bart.