More rocks !

I don't usually get excited when the mail comes but today I was like a kid waking up on Christmas morning. I had ordered a Kosher coticule from the factory in Ardennes and had expected it to take a long time. I had also ordered a coticule from Howard at The Perfect Edge and it came today as well complete with a cotigura slurry stone and a lovely fitted wooden box. Here is the swag :yThe Kosher is completely uniformly beige . I can't wait to lap them and hone some razors.
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http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tat2/belg2.jpg

wow, that's one stripey coticule there! Cool looking for sure.

Nice looking rocks!!! BTW what is a Kosher coticule??

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Originally Posted by Amyn

Nice looking rocks!!! BTW what is a Kosher coticule??

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From the way I recall Rob Cellis' explanation to me last year, a Kosher or "Kosjer" coticule is one that has a perfectly uniform appearance of the coticule stone (all one color rather than having any inclusions, cracks or veins of iron oxide and the like just as Jimmy's second tiger striped coticule does in the same picture). Rob also said that when viewed from the side, a Kosher coticule will not have a varied coticule thickness but will be uniform in thickness.

Nice Tiger Striped coticule, Jimmy! It looks similar to mine. You need to post these in the Belgian Brotherhood thread if you haven't already.

Chris L

Joelski78 and I are currently working on a translation thread for a 46 pages booklet about the coticule industry in the past.
We haven't posted the actual thread yet, but seeing what is written in pencil on that kosher coticule, I really don't want to withhold you the following information.
I only hope the photo will travel through the SRP attachment mangle in one piece. If not, I'll find some other way to share this.
It's a small excerpt from the booklet, that speaks about the properties of the different coticule layers.

The lines about your coticule translate as follows:

"The veined one: for razor hones, when she is good,
she's the better value of the pit; but unfortunately,
she's often separated from the schist [the blue stone]
and must be glued onto a sole, a blue; she's
often also striped, caused by vertical layers of different hardness."

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Originally Posted by Bart

Joelski78 and I are currently working on a translation thread for a 46 pages booklet about the coticule industry in the past.
We haven't posted the actual thread yet, but seeing what is written in pencil on that kosher coticule, I really don't want to withhold you the following information.
I only hope the photo will travel through the SRP attachment mangle in one piece. If not, I'll find some other way to share this.
It's a small excerpt from the booklet, that speaks about the properties of the different coticule layers.

The lines about your coticule translate as follows:

"The veined one: for razor hones, when she is good,
she's the better value of the pit; but unfortunately,
she's often separated from the schist [the blue stone]
and must be glued onto a sole, a blue; she's
often also striped, caused by vertical layers of different hardness."

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Thanks very much for the information Bart. I hope that when you finish the booklet an English translation will be available. From the above I am not sure if the veins in the stone are a plus or a minus. I guess that remains to be seen.

What's the long thin stone at the bottom of the first picture?
Nice rocks!!
M

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Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

What's the long thin stone at the bottom of the first picture?

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Box Lid.

Don

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Originally Posted by junkinduck

Box Lid.

Don

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Yeah, that is the lid of the box standing on edge.

:o.................

but the box lid is longer than the box - odd!?

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Originally Posted by JimmyH-AD

I don't usually get excited when the mail comes but today I was like a kid waking up on Christmas morning. I had ordered a Kosher coticule from the factory in Ardennes...

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Unh-uh. A Kosher coticule arrives on Hannukah, not Xmas.

BTW: A Kosher coticule is one which is fit to use for sharpening the knife used for שחיתה (ritual slaughter of animals, according to Jewish Law). Such a blade must be as sharp as can be, and without any nicks, in order to not cause the animal pain.

What did you pay for the kosher?