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Homogeneous Coticules are boring, texture and/or some imperfections will give it character.

Such wide natural hones are nice to show off to friends but impractical for razor honing IMHO.
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Not a problem, it just means you will have to lap the stone prior to use, see the wiki :)

The coticule side looks perfectly fine IMHO, the sides even look naturally bonded. You'd think a perfectly straight border would be ideal like glued combos have but the naturally bonded combos are...