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I decided to lap the bottom of the vintage and see what exactly it is.

It is BBW. Not slate. There was/is a layer of something painted on the sides and base of the hone (kind of wax like) that I...

On further inspection I think that the Kosjer one is a natural combination too. BUT, there has also been a peice of slate glued to the BBW side of the natural combo.

If you look closely along...

Like I mentioned in the first post, if you look on the edge of the coticule where it is bonded to the blue stone there will be a blue/grey streak mixed in with the yellow of the coticule. You can see...

Actually Bart hand picked it for me when he visited Ardennes a couple of weeks ago. I can wait to use it.

I got two new coticules in the mail the other day.


Both are La Petite Blanche (mined from an area of Ardennes that produces some of the best coticule ever). The La Petite Blanche coticules are...