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The coticule definitely needed lapping so I went ahead with it. Lost the stamp but I knew that would happen. This is a very hard coticule and took some effort to get lapped. Now it's flat and...

Thanks, doorsch. Yes, I will continue lapping the coticule and most likely lose the stamp in the process but I will take a few more pictures of it first and then I will have a nice usable hone when...

I took a chance and bid on a dirty lot of hones. From the pictures I was pretty certain among them was a natural combo coticule and an AM Hone (Olean, NY). They arrived today and I was right!
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