how could i miss a coti at this price

[kirk 988]

ha ha i have been waiting for this auction to end for a day so i could post this.
its interesting what some people try to do to sell cheap stones. seeing all these coti posts i think im going to have to buy one. B&B is not good for the wallet

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...2BmDK85QEBsB5Qn8Su2rI%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

I didnt buy it by the way even im not that silly

 

[dakotaev]

I hope I'm wrong for your sake but I don't think it's a Coti. It looks like a vintage synthetic hone, especially the darker side. Since it was advertised as possibly being a coticule you might be able to return if it turns out not to be. The seller probably saw a lot of similar hones advertised as coticules and assumed or just an untrained eye.

Good luck and I hope it turns out well either way.

 

[kirk 988]

I hope I'm wrong for your sake but I don't think it's a Coti. It looks like a vintage synthetic hone, especially the darker side. Since it was advertised as possibly being a coticule you might be able to return if it turns out not to be. The seller probably saw a lot of similar hones advertised as coticules and assumed or just an untrained eye.

Good luck and I hope it turns out well either way.

ha ha i didnt buy it

 

[SliceOfLife]

He didn't win it, and he knows it's not a Coticule.

Every two sided stone posted on ebay is a Coticule according to the seller. You get used to it eventually.


Hell the stone has "Always use with Plenty of Oil" stamped on it. I know the modern rage is oil on Coticules, but it wasn't back then (back then it was lather).

 

[dakotaev]

Sorry miss understood your first post.

Glad to hear it.

 

[kirk 988]

thats ok evan its just funny to see stuff like that on the bay

 

[BakerAndBadger]

Saw a post from Doc I think with a picture of an original box from a vintage coti and it mentions for use with water OR oil, seems we are just reinventing stuff that was forgotten on other sites!
I saw that particular one and thought synth straight away - doesn't look like
my coti at all!

 

[kirk 988]

Saw a post from Doc I think with a picture of an original box from a vintage coti and it mentions for use with water OR oil, seems we are just reinventing stuff that was forgotten on other sites!
I saw that particular one and thought synth straight away - doesn't look like
my coti at all!

ha ha same but still not a bad oil stone
for an old axe

 

[SliceOfLife]

Saw a post from Doc I think with a picture of an original box from a vintage coti and it mentions for use with water OR oil, seems we are just reinventing stuff that was forgotten on other sites!
I saw that particular one and thought synth straight away - doesn't look like
my coti at all!

Yeah my old hickory hone says to use it with "Water, Oil, or Leather"

I have had mixed results with the Leather.

 

[Doc226]

Has a semi coti look, but I don't think it is.

I wonder if eBay would back you up when you try to return it? The seller did put a ? mark on his description.

 

[Legion]

I've seen that stone before. I remember the green and the writing. Don't know if it was on this forum or the other one...

 

[paco664]

OMG!!!

that was vintage ULTRA SUPER MEGA COTICULE!!!! those have 99% garnet content.... i have only saw one other in my life... it was in a pawn shop with a price tag of 1499$!!! they let me try it with my pocket knife..... my knife achieved HHT 8 *(thats where you just point it at the hair and the hair pops out of sheer terror!!!)

 

[kirk 988]

OMG!!!

that was vintage ULTRA SUPER MEGA COTICULE!!!! those have 99% garnet content.... i have only saw one other in my life... it was in a pawn shop with a price tag of 1499$!!! they let me try it with my pocket knife..... my knife achieved HHT 8 *(thats where you just point it at the hair and the hair pops out of sheer terror!!!)

i think it was god damn i should of put in a bid. gotta love ebay sellers trying to squeze every cent out of people that know no better to bad if it went for the price of a real coti.

 

[SliceOfLife]

Ugg eBay.

Search Charnwood

Some fellow selling his fathers carpentry tools has two stones listed. One's plainly a Washita, the other plainly a coarse synth. Even someone who knows nothing about stones could easily tell they weren't the same stone. Both are listed as "CHARNWOOD ?" Hell he lists one as Very Fine and the other as Medium... yet calls both Charnwoods.


/facepalm

 

[qst42know]

How long ago did they start backing coticule stones?

 

[SliceOfLife]

Since forever. Thin coti couldn't survive OUR use of them unbacked. And people used them with all manner of tools that treat the stones far more roughly than razor honing does. A particularly hard/small but thick cut coti is possible... but having a thick enough sample of coti, I suspect, would make the seller even more worried about it possible breaking and convince him to back it even if it could have survived on it's own. I've had two vintage coti that separated from their BBW. Both were 3-5mm thick. I could tell with both that I could easily snap them in half with one hand between three fingers. Coti is not durable.