timwcic
"Look what I found"
A vintage glued stone, 7 x 1.5 inches from the flea market. It comes in its own house
Coticule love... show off your rock
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How are you liking that heljestrand compared to your grelots?
Tame is a good choice of word for steel that hard.
I quite enjoy it actually. I had a mk31 which I found to be too short, the mk10 is about the same length and grind but smaller width. I’m still dialling in the edge but it’s very promising so far. They seem very similar, even down to the hard to hone metal.
I got this one today. My biggest natural combo. (255x60x24, over 1kg)
It has much more yellow coticule than hybrid, but it is a very hard stone. After a 400 diamond plate, it is a very fast cutting stone. Now, after a 1200 Atoma, it is a very fine finisher, but slow. I honed a single bevel Japanese knife, it leaves a good mirror polish, just a little tiny scratches are left. Now it shaves arm hair easily. Much better after the 1200 Atoma. The BBW is softer but it also seems to be a very fine specimen. I think it is a good razor finisher, I will hone a razor to get sure. Maybe it needs a bit more burnishing, but it is very smooth now and you have a nice creamy sharpening feeling.
It has much more yellow coticule than hybrid, but it is a very hard stone. After a 400 diamond plate, it is a very fast cutting stone. Now, after a 1200 Atoma, it is a very fine finisher, but slow. I honed a single bevel Japanese knife, it leaves a good mirror polish, just a little tiny scratches are left. Now it shaves arm hair easily. Much better after the 1200 Atoma. The BBW is softer but it also seems to be a very fine specimen. I think it is a good razor finisher, I will hone a razor to get sure. Maybe it needs a bit more burnishing, but it is very smooth now and you have a nice creamy sharpening feeling.
talking about a jackpot that is a nice score
Wow that’s a beautiful stone, and great size
Thanks, yes the size is good for long x-strokes. I just honed a razor, it passes a good HHT before stropping. The color of the photos are not realistic. It is not a purple BBW like my LPB, it is a very dark one, almost black. It was only taken with a smartphone cam, even the black wooden base looks purple, LOL.
timwcic
"Look what I found"
That is a nice hunk of rock!!!
timwcic
"Look what I found"
Gave one of my favorite stones a home today. I don’t usually buy dual grit synthetic at the flea market, but a synthetic today came in a great vintage box. Double checked the measurements, 7x2, so I took it home with my fingers crossed hoping to make a marriage. Popped out the dual and the Coti dropped in perfectly. It could not have been easier with perfect results
A very nice Coticule Tim. Looks like a vintage La Veinette to me. Hard to get these days.
Those single bevel knives are really easy to sharpen and sharp as a scalpel. They are also great for breaking in a stone. The stone gets finer, I like it.
It's too soft to use like a granite plate. It does hone... most slate does. Not well enough to justify using unless you have nothing else, though.
It’s an interesting one, seems recently glued. You all know the vein.
Did that come from the baker?
Who is the baker? It’s definitely possible if I’m not sure who you’re talking about...
Can’t think of his name but the French eBay seller. He sells a lot of stones that look like that.
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