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03-29-2012, 03:13 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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Thats right! Toes i can find on my other foot,...
Thats right! Toes i can find on my other foot, ten inch old coticules is a different story lol.
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03-29-2012, 02:19 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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Sure but not now... at work. Shhh dont tell lol....
Sure but not now... at work. Shhh dont tell lol.
I have a ten inch coticule, vintage natural combo. -
03-28-2012, 11:40 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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No i saw a pic somewhere a while ago , i think on...
No i saw a pic somewhere a while ago , i think on Bart's site.
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03-28-2012, 03:44 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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thats correct but in the old days they would have...
thats correct but in the old days they would have still used blue as a glued on base. Then they moved to concrete bases, which didnt work out too well, then Maurice discovered Portuguese schist.
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03-28-2012, 03:41 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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Bbw was considered not a hone in the old days, it...
Bbw was considered not a hone in the old days, it was merely support for the yellow side. I have had bbw stones that worked and some that were so slow i considered them useless.
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03-28-2012, 03:37 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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La veinete is a natural combo layer but the blue...
La veinete is a natural combo layer but the blue half will always have a white line running down the side of the blue, which that stone does not have.
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03-28-2012, 12:30 PM
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If they are glued to schist then they are modern...
If they are glued to schist then they are modern era ardennes stones. Maurice developed that backing in the modern era of the mine after belgian blue was found useful and no longer just a backing...
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03-26-2012, 01:06 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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You can certainly try, nothing wrong with that....
You can certainly try, nothing wrong with that. The problem with idenifying old coticules is those areas of the mine have long been depleted and closed off from public access. The new stuff is from...
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03-25-2012, 10:53 PM
Thread: guess the coticule vein anyone?
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You can not classify old coticule hones by veine....
You can not classify old coticule hones by veine. The new system is for currently mined ones only.
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