Coticule love... show off your rock

[maclean3]

Oh my!
I just bought a beautiful vintage coti from Sebastian on BST this morning, I could use another slurry stone or two myself.

 

[rideon66]

A box of Rocks,

 

[maclean3]

Very nice coloration going on in that one, blush and coffee traces. Very impressive size too.
Let me guess, it belonged to a little old lady who only honed on it after Church?

edit: The box reminds me of the salted Cod my mom used to buy when I was a kid, it came in boxes like that with the slider lids, unstained of course. It makes wonder if she kept any of them, they'd be perfect for hones.

 

[rideon66]

I bought it all separate. It turned out that the coti and the slurry stone fit snug in the box so I kept it like that.

 

[DrChops1980]

Very nice stone!


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[David]

Very nice stone, Tom.

A box of Rocks

I have one of those

 

[maclean3]

That Les Lat bout in the lower drawer.... very nice.
Actually, it's probably a narrow stone, huh?

 

[rideon66]

View attachment 874197 Very nice stone, Tom.


I have one of those

David my big box of mixed stones is full so I had to start making small boxes to deal with them all. I don't have that many Coticule in my box though. Nice stash.

 

[David]

That Les Lat bout in the lower drawer.... very nice.
Actually, it's probably a narrow stone, huh?

Yes those are mostly slurry stones. The LL is 4x1 ish.

 

[caccia]

Tough keeping up with the Joneses.

 

[maclean3]

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Tough keeping up with the Joneses.

I saw the paddle and in my head I heard Kevin Bacon, "Thank you Sir! May I have another?"

 

[David]

May I have another?"

You can have all you want. Rumor has it that @caccia has more coticules than Belgium. I’ve been after him for years to post a group shot.

 

[RusenBG]

Yess - there are rumors , that Caccia has more cotis , than anyone else
A group shot will be exelent .A heart breaking shot.

 

[David]

Did anyone here get that Salm?

 

[Christian1212]

Did anyone here get that Salm?

got an email notification saying a salm popped up on the bay. Was hoping it would be from stranger who found it randomly. Saw the price and realized they knew, so I passed on that one haha.

 

[maclean3]

I got this one from @Sebrazor on BST. Roughly 1.5" × 6" . It's a really nice finisher after my LV:

According to Seb, "very like a Salm."

 

[David]

Beautiful stone, Jack.

 

[maclean3]

Thanks David. What I meant to type, and what Sebastian said was, "[it's] very likely a Salm." I assume from the reaction to the auction that's a good thing? Is it known to be a quality vein or just rare?

I finished my Bismarck on it using Kapton tape (instead of electrical), after running back through the progression on my LV and I'm very happy with the results. My Bismarck finally has the edge I wanted, it wasn't quite "there" before. It's probably a combination of using the thinner tape and a finer coti to finish the edge. Besides... it's got those WAY cool manganese lines.

 

[musicman980]

Picked this 40 x 175 up at a local antique store today. It was pretty dirty, but the red BBW grain on the bottom was recognizable. Slow on slurry and water, lots of stiction. Anyone have one with a similar pattern?

 

[maclean3]

Picked this 40 x 175 up at a local antique store today. It was pretty dirty, but the red BBW grain on the bottom was recognizable. Slow on slurry and water, lots of stiction. Anyone have one with a similar pattern?

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It's interesting, I'm curious if that's it's natural color or if there's still imbedded soil in the surface. Nice swirls.