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Well basil...how about starting with a few pics of your favorite Coticule?

Alright skeptics, here are a few closeups of my stone after lapping the sides. My iPhone does not do macro shots so these are as close as I can get but I did examine the sides with a a magnifying...

When I lapped it this morning the BBW left totally purple slurry, both from the top and the sides with no hint of other coloration(besides the beige coticule slurry).

You guys are going to drive me to drink(and I own a wine shop ;-)

I went and lapped the sides of the stone this morning to see the details and then took closeup shots with my iPhone, but as fate...

Here's a few detail shots to mollify the skeptics that thought my 8x3 stone was not a "nztural combo".

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My stone was purchased from Michael Poe of Best Sharpening Stones who is highly regarded on the forum and has an impeccable reputation, I doubt he would falsely describe a high end stone such as...

Thanks Lesslemming,

Mine is definitely a "natural" combo as the two stones don't meet with an even border but rather wavy all around the perimeter. So based on the fact that it's a natural, the...

I just received this natural combo 8"x3" and I'm still learning what to look for in quality. I noticed many of the natural combo's posted have a soft gradation from BBW to coticule where as mine has...