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Yes that is true today. In the old days they didn't use slate they glued bbw on the back of coticules. The use of slate for reinforcing the back of the yellow coticule is only in the past 40 or 50...

Good questions. I wonder if the consistency of the binder in the strata has something to do with it. I've also read that the garnets in the coticule are physically smaller than those in the blue. The...

It is interesting that in bygone days the BBW was not considered to be a viable hone. In fact that 1929 edition of Moler's Barber Manual says that the blue backing of the yellow coticule is only...

I've never shaved off of an edge finished on a bbw but I used to use one with slurry before the yellow coticule. Still do sometimes while other times, when using a coticule, I might do light to...