timwcic
"Look what I found"
I scored this stone today. I would loved to have known this before it was butchered. I currently is 3 x 1 1/2 inches but probably started life as a 7 x 1 1/2. It will make a nice rub stone or two
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timwcic
"Look what I found"
That would be a good guess. Never know with these vintage gems. Have not used it yet, nothing needs a touch up. I will say, for only being 8 square inches, it was a bear to lap
On an unrelated note, Dibs on that stone Brian posted if he gets struck by lightning/a meteor/eaten by a bear/etc.
Thanks to all you enablers and your ridiculous rocks, the waiting begins. Have this monster inbound from Belgium after my local searches failed. Any of the cognoscenti have any tip / videos / reading materials for me to peruse on how to best finish on the Les Lat?
The only advise I can give us to brace yourself. The hybrid side is usually quite hard.
I have lapped two with a Dia-Flat 95 and then a progression of 325, 425, 600 w/d to remove all scratches. Lots and lots of elbow grease required. I even resorted to using some slurry off the yellow to help speed things along. Not sure if it helped.
I have lapped two with a Dia-Flat 95 and then a progression of 325, 425, 600 w/d to remove all scratches. Lots and lots of elbow grease required. I even resorted to using some slurry off the yellow to help speed things along. Not sure if it helped.
I inquired about that they are going to lap it for me. If it's not right, I have some sic powder laying around.
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Eaten by a bear was a very real possibility on a bike ride a couple years back. Big full grown Black Bear stepped out into the road in front of me. Now I grew up in the mountains and know how to avoid bear trouble, but on a road bike, rolling towards the bear, left me feeling very exposed. Too close to stop and running gets you eaten so I just got as far to the edge of the road as possible and rolled by him very slow and very calm. We stared at each other real hard and I was worried that once he saw my back I would be in trouble, but he let me go by. He likely knew that the amount of poop he would have had to wade through to catch me made me more trouble than I was worth. In stone news, I just measured it and it is 220mm long and 29mm thick on one end and 27mm thick on the other.
I think this is the thickest piece of coticule i have around right now.
This is close. It's certainly the thickest bench stone that is all coticule..
timwcic
"Look what I found"
Rescued my first full sized Stone in a while. Judging by the etchings on the surface, look like it was used on fish hooks, a Awl, or such. Cleaned up nicely with a big slug of manganese in the side lurking just below the surface
New Les Lat had its first workout today. Could not have been happier with the results.
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Beautiful stone. Did that come from Ardennes?
Yes ordered directly. She performs as good as she looks.
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Yep. That’s a keeper for sure. Great size.
Beautiful stone. I had to email Ardennes about one now lolNew Les Lat had its first workout today. Could not have been happier with the results.
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lol. I thought about it but I have too many to justify another one.
Haha I haven’t bought a coti in years so I think maybe I’ll justify it that way. Last one I got was a grosse Blanche from Ardennes
Gorgeous stone! I am looking for a stone exactly like this. I put in an email to Rob / Maurice to see what they have available since there doesn't seem to be much available on the secondary market.
I have one that looks like the stone on the second pictureI think these pictures are already posted somewhere here on B&B but since everyone else is posting there cotis ...
I have no idea what vein it is and still haven't really figured them out. I'm getting decent shaves though so I'm getting close
Have no idea about the vein
But it works fine for me
Mine is 11x5 sm
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Very nice looking stone
Is this la veinette
I have a stone with the same side wave
Trying to find out want vein is mine
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