Carbor. hone color of coticule?

[global_dev]

do some carborundums come in light colors? I typically see darker colors like grey, brown, green, red

but do they come in a tannish color like a coticule? if so, can anyone tell me about them and general characteristics...

 

[danjared]

Yes, there are barber hones that look like coticules at first glance. See this thread. I don't know if they're made of carborundum, though.

 

[SliceOfLife]

HAHA. I'm almost positive that first one (linked in Bart's first post) is not a coti, but rather a Thuri I was bidding on. Thuri's sometimes demonstrate "two-sided" looks of a yellow stripe up against a green stripe. I've never been lucky enough to get one myself to test, but I've seen several on eBay and have been trying. That one looks like a very subtle example of this type of Thuri. I was Wondering why it went so high. Bart was unfortunately mistaken on his ID as a Coti, but I doubt the buyer will be disappointed. I dropped out a bit after $100.

I'd mention this over there, but I lost my password and there's no recovery feature I can find.

 

[danjared]

I'd mention this over there, but I lost my password and there's no recovery feature I can find.

Go to Machine Room -> Log in -> Lost Password.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Go to Machine Room -> Log in -> Lost Password.

Did you ever know that you're my hero?

 

[danjared]

Did you ever know that you're my hero?

Am I the wind beneath your wings?

 

[global_dev]

great jokes guys, thanks

here is a picture of the hone in question.

 

[global_dev]

No one has any thoughts on this hone? It is not an American made carbo.

 

[danjared]

Clean it off and use it?

 

[Bart]

Could you clean it, and show a couple of pictures from all sides, including the narrow sides?

It could be a natural combo Coticule, worn all the way to the BBW part. Or it could be Coticule slice with a bit of blue, that was originally glued to a base, but separated of it. In that case, you're holding it upside down.
Of course, it can also be something entirely different than a Coticule. Without better pictures, I can't possibly tell.

Kind regards,
Bart.

 

[SliceOfLife]

That perfect rectangle with every corner dead on 90 degrees, with perfect chamfering and the way the surface is scratched (the scratches look like material was "dug out" like a fingernail run through a piece of sidewalk chalk), I'd say it's almost certainly a synth. I would guess corundum. That cut is also very, very common in synth handstones and I've never seen those relative dimensions in a coticule. (Looks about 5x2x0.5).

 

[global_dev]

i actually don't own this. i was going to bid on it and then i thought i didn't need it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...item=&sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3551wt_1139

 

[Bart]

Forget what I said.
That's definitely a manmade hone.

Kind regards,
Bart.