Thread: Today's $10 Coticule Score

Also, this is a good time to say that if you do find a very old coti or buy one off the bay, assume it is still being held together by the old, perishable glue and be very careful during any initial wetting or lapping. It was basically dried out dust being held together by some friction on this.

Not doubting your stone is an excellent finisher but how can you tell it's vosgienne and not a purple slate from somewhere else e.g. Wales?

It was loaned out for testing by someone who has seen/worked with several of these as well as the welsh slates. There was a whole large thread about this stone elsewhere.

....we had the discussion, its that way no Purple Welsh slate because mostly the purple slates have not this far spreaded pattern. Often there are oval or round dots appearing on the welsh slate (i think Neil did post a lot concerning the purple slate with green inclusions, also a doorsign)...additional the Purple slate has no fast cutting abilities as the Vosgian stone has...i will pick up the post, which does not mean that this is the only thruth Piet :-) it was a B&B post....

http://www.badgerandblade.com/vb/sho...d.php?t=397520

Sometimes people jump to conclusion based on just colour but I see there was a thorough investigation to determine the origin of that purple stone Up close it does look more like the La Lunes I've handled than the Yellow Lakes but I haven't seen that many in person to put any weight in the matter.

Nice score!

It is a phenomenal piece of rock. The only sad thing is given scarcity coupled with where in the world I am,, I never expect to run into another in the wild. It was a fluke.