Agreed. Buy the stone, not the story.
Looks like you spilled ink on a couple of them. Makes them worth even less
Yes…they are worth less, and I hate them more!Looks like you spilled ink on a couple of them. Makes them worth even less
I legit belly laughed.
No, not a website/shop but rather a Facebook group exchange. ****bag scammers are into just about every niche subject/hobby nowadays.
Magnificent.
Is Salm Rock overrated? Yes, I can say it is. But this does not mean that the stone is not fine. We haven't seen enough of them to see if they have bad examples. In the past conversations we had with the owners of the Ardennes, they themselves admitted that those stones were better than the stones they had mined. If you search for Rob's messages in SRP you will see it. Or you can e-mail him.
I have around 30 coticules in my collection. Maybe a little more. Not only as a brand, but in general, I think the coticules are overrated. I know exactly what I'm using. I know what they are but exaggerated interpretations of some people lead to their misunderstanding.We don't call it the rabbit hole for nothing but i like them.
You can find a lot of nonsense on the forums. It's not just Salm Rock. For example, there was a community who said that Ardennes stones are stones that can work around 15k synthetic stones( even Bart had 20k descriptions in his old messages in SRP) or there are those who say that modern Pierre La Lune stones are well-matched to 15-20k synthetic stones. Imperia La Roccia stones etc. The subject should not be tied to the past. Today, we are not at a very different point. The same people are always targeted in these matters, but there are also different people to be targeted.
I live in Turkiye. My English is not perfect but there is a saying here. " you eat banana but you taste strawberry"
These people are the source of the problem.
Oh damn, now you have me curious! What websitez??? Probably best if you message me……
I hate to say it but the top stone looks like a synthetic barbers hone not a coticule. I think the dark side is a coating or paint to give it a bit different honing properties than the light colored side.
It could be two different materials its hard to tell from the pics. I have seen them both ways. Regardless I hope it delivers a comfortable shave.
UPDATE to the update. After having further discussion with the seller, I discovered that he actually wasn’t running a scam, and that the language barrier (poor translations) are what raised red flags. So the Old Rock has officially been purchased via PayPal Goods and Services and will be here by the end of the week (Friday most likely).
All my la petite blanch(labeled samples) have that line, but none of my la veinette(also labeled samples) have it. Here's a lpb that looks similar, but it's a slurry stone. I found a second picture, the first is the one I was talking about but both show a good example. These were stamped from ac.
