That eBay win

As requested, a couple of pics of that hybrid hone I got from eBay.
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... and with my tester/guinea pig straight, the "£1 superb".
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First reports... it's not a natural combo as I was hoping it was. There's a definite man-made split/join, with what seems to be a small notch filled with silicon. It's a bit disappointing, but seeing that it's larger than the coticule I've been using so far, I can overlook that. Onwards with my search for a BBW/coticule combo.

HAD..? Wassat?

To the sides. So far, all I can really report on is the slurry production, as I'm not experienced enough to say "this/that/the other natural hone produces x/y/z results". Here goes. The marbled side (hybrid? coticule? Les Latneuses?) doesn't produce much in the way of slurry. It's quite watery and is slightly milky. The dark side (BBW?) doesn't hang around with its slurry production! It's thick and plentiful!

Other than that, that's really all I can say about the stone. Apart from its marbling which looks gorgeous in both wet and dry states.

I'm a bit confused about where the hone sides would go in progression. My progression so far is Shapton 1.5K bevel setting, slurried coticule, stay until that's just water, then finish with the Thuringian. I'm guessing from the Shapton 1.5K bevel setting I'd go to the dark/BBW side first. Work with that side until I'm just using water, then on to the marbled side and again work until I'm just using water? Then after that, I'd go on to the Thuringian..?

As always, I'm grateful for any help offered in regards to this new addition to my stone collection.

As far as the non_hybrid side goes, what color is the slurry? If it is a newer mined stone from Ardennes, the stone looks like slate and doesn't produce the violet colored slurry like a BBW. If it isn't a bbw, it is supposed to be inadvisablr to hone on the backing, but I haven't tried on mine that have it.

As far as progression, I've heard of people finishing on BBW and coticules. The hybrids, of which I have no hands-on knowledge, are touted to have excellent finishing capabilities.

Lastly, if interested, I have a larger glued combo coti. PM me your email and I can send you some picks.

3 quick pics, mobile phone quality.

The hybrid, marble side down. Also, the rubbing stone I received with it is below.
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The hybrid, marble-side down. Water has been added.
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The hybrid, marble-side down. Half covered with its slurry, created with the slurry stone shown in the first photo.
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Fwiw, the slurry stone seems to be a natural mix of coticule/hybrid/les lat and... something else on its not marbled side. There's no definite man-made cut in it.

It is a beautiful stone. All that really matters past that is a lovely edge produced by it.
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That's 100% a BBW backer, with a neat pattern to boot.

So, you can definitely use them as a progression. The hard part is which one to use before the other and how to determine that.

My method relies heavily on magnification of the edge, as I've become pretty dependent on it over the years.

I would try the hybrid off the 1.5k and just see what happens. Then try bbw and see if it improves or not. If it doesn't, go back to the 1.5k and reverse it. You may have to switch the slurry processes, which would be another go at it.

Thankfully there's no expiration and plenty of stone to hone on for decades.

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Originally Posted by RezDog

It is a beautiful stone. All that really matters past that is a lovely edge produced by it.
:-)

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Yeah, lovely stone you got there. And if it turns out not to be optimal for finishing a razor, you can back it up a little in the progression, or just use it for knives.

The hybrid side would be your finisher. They are very hard stones more suited for finishing. If you want to use in a progression use the BBW and then your hybrid side. You really just have to experiment with it. Try shaving off the finished edge from the hybrid skip the Thuringian, see how it is. Nice stone.