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Hi there,

It's been a while but HAD has finally struck again and two new vintage hones have found their way to me :D:

A nice big light green thuringian (4,6 x 19,9 x 1,7 cm, 444 g) and a...

Thanks Peter :). If you're interested in some of the scythe stones just drop me a PN I'll send you some over :D.

Cheers
Jörg

I like the way you think :D! I will surely try this out.

Thanks
Jörg

Thanks :)! I've been told that the allocation of specific veins is not really possible for vintage coticules and that the names now commonly used only apply to newer specimen.

Cheers
Jörg

First of all, thanks for the nice comments and "likes" :)!


True, it's a shame, but at least from its state I can deduce that someone loved and used this stone a lot :D! The lapping didn't take...

Hi Hans, yes, from my experience that's a very common coticule razor hone size in France :). I currently own 3 of such coticules, all of them bought in France, and, if I remember correctly, I had at...

And here's the next one, in standard French razor hone size, i.e. 17.5 x 4,2 cm:

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Hi there,

it's been a while since my latest acquisitions, but here are two more coticules that have found their way to me ;):

The first one comes with a little story: it had been part of a...

It's all settled then - thanks gentlemen :).

I'm aware that it's a somewhat peculiar hobby, but even my wife agrees that it's better than young women or fast cars ;)... And I feel that we have an...

Thank you - this is much appreciated :).

Well, I'm not sure whether any of this is directed at me :hmmm: ...

My motto is "live and let live" - if I don't like what is shown I just don't look and don't comment :ziplip: ... But each to...

Hi folks,

I still can't believe my luck, I've just received a fantastic specimen of a coticule - a huge 25,5 x 6,2 x 2,8 cm (10 x 2.5 x 1.1 inch) vintage coticule/BBW combination stone (1.3 kg...

Thanks a lot Thaeris and doorsch, that's really fascinating :)! So, it seems that I had a rare antique finishing hone without me even knowing ;)...

I had received it from France as part of a lot...

Would you have further information about these hones from Sienne? I've never heard about them before and really would have thought that my hone is a coticule (by how it looks and feels).

Cheers...

HAD strikes again :) - this time on the thuringian front.

Please see below some pictures of my latest acquisition, a huge 9x2" Escher & Co "Rasierstube" in fantastic condition:
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Thanks :)! It is a very hard stone and interestingly very fast as well which is in my experience is a rare combination for coticules. It does not autoslurry but very quickly turns dark from the...

That's a beauty - especially the curvy line between the two layers :)!

Hi folks,

two more "new" vintage coticules that have found their way into my collection:

1) a massive natural combination bout (14 x 5,7 x 3,3 cm; weighing 840 g):
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OK, it seems as if I had a recent relapse of acute HAD ;)... Here are two beautiful "hybrid layer" coticules + matching rubbing stone that I just had to bid on:

Dry:...

Hi folks,

I got lucky again and got a steal with this very nice thuringian (14,5 x 3 x 1,5 cm) complete with rubbing stone and box:
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Thanks guys for all the "likes" and nice comments :)!


Well, I've had many more coticules and thuringians, these are just the ones I've kept... So, one could say that my HAD has been getting...

You've got good eyes - it's the finest of the lot :D. No need to go to a thuringian after finishing on this one ;)...

@mrsell63 - thanks :D!

Thanks :D. There's only one natural combination stone (2nd from bottom), the two big ones (8x2", sorry for the typo in the first post) are glued to a BBW side (old style). Only the bout is from new...

Thanks :)! This is a collection I've been putting together over the last 3 or 4 years. I've had many more coticules which I have mainly traded or given away. The ones shown above all have given me...

Hi folks,

With the nice sunshine and some spare time today, I've made a few snapshots of my current coticules and thuringians collection:

Coticules:...