Show Us Your Combis
- Thread starter cotedupy
- Start date
Steve56
Ask me about shaving naked!
It’s 8x as cool if nature glues them together !
With the exception of one Atoma, and one Coticule, I got rid of all combos. I won't double another Atoma. The Coti is a natural combo, the BBW doesn't interest me though. Might as well be on slate but it is what it is.
I found that I prefer working on single stones. Was fun figuring that out though.
I found that I prefer working on single stones. Was fun figuring that out though.
Les Lat with reddish/pink top and hybrid bottom. The hybrid side provides a level of “stiction“ that I really like.
I remember when you bought that one years ago. Very nice. Glad to see you back around. Seems like it’s been a while.
Great recall David! Life and career went into overdrive. Thanks!
@timwcic I trust your judgement on this. I've got this "bbw" that is wine colored. It's different than my all other bbws but is finer and more aggressive though feedback is identical with a light touch.... but with pressure it's much more aggressive but pretty buttery still. The color is almost identical to your picture and I've always wondered if it was a Rouge du salm. Either way it's great for knives and razors. I think it finishes fine than a few of my coticules. I seek your sage advice sir. In person it looks a little darker but it's markedly more "red wine" colored that blue by any measure. Wonderful stone I've used regularly for knives and chisels/planes. The second picture gives a better representation of the difference of natural color in shadows/ sunlight.
- Thread starter
- #28
To be completely honest - I'm only guessing that my little combi at the top are Ceraxes. It's clearly a Suehiro stone, and the 3k side is definitely a Cerax / Ouka because I've bought another since and it's the same stone. I've never used another 1k Cerax though, I'm just assuming that's what it was. Was quite an old stone that combi I think, so perhaps they've changed the colour since...(?)
Was extremely good that combi - absolutely loved it.
- Thread starter
- #29
These are cool! Did you stick the larger ones together yourself? The first looks to have labels from two separate stones, rather than a Dual Hone...
No. One has a giant clamshell box with the latch like smaller ones have.
timwcic
"Look what I found"
Being of a quality you describe, it’s very possible. Look for the deep color, bonded by glue to a coticule, and finishes equal to a Coti are all good signs in your favor
It is bonded by very old cracking and yellowing glue, and it does have a deep wine color with holographic effect. It leaves a sharp but much more aggressive edge on knives than my other bbws. Whatever it is I like, wouldn't mind grabbing more at some point.
Most combis came my way by accident. The WoA was intentional, as were the India/Washita for doing knives on the road. All are pretty good at what they do.
Except this stupid thing. The 1k must be soaked and the 4k CANNOT be soaked or it'll bust apart. What a stupid design. Still, makes great knife edges.
Except this stupid thing. The 1k must be soaked and the 4k CANNOT be soaked or it'll bust apart. What a stupid design. Still, makes great knife edges.
Sellers pics. I’m hoping this is an India/Washita combo. It’s one of the big 11x2.5’s. The seller said the white side was translucent on the edges. Did Norton make an India/soft ark in this size?
- Thread starter
- #35
Cool!
I'm relatively sure they never offered an India x Washita in that size. If any such stone exists it would probably have been a one-off cut to order type affair.
They do or did make that size India x Soft Ark though. The screenshot below is from the 'current' catalogue on their website, which is 2008/09.
Well shoot. So much for wishful thinking! Maybe it will be a fairly aggressive soft. Thanks Oli.
- Thread starter
- #37
I'm just pinching myself that I knew something about arks which you didn't.
I think @stringer bean uses one of the more modern India x Soft combis fairly regularly for knives and rates it highly. And he has a load of old Washitas too, so he knows the good stuff!
Plus yours is an awesome size, even if it's not a mega fast stone that amount of runway is gonna be doing some good abrading whatever way I'd imagine.
- Thread starter
- #39
- Thread starter
- #40
David's revival of this thread has brought me some luck, as I just took delivery of an Idwal I picked up for a for a few quid on ebay and it turned out to be something I've been on the look out for...
I wanted a piece of novaculite to back a small but very lovely, pure cream coticule I have. @Wid had asked Dan's about the possibility of cutting some black ark for us, but the price of even small custom orders is high. So I was looking for a UK novaculite instead, but because Charns and Idwals are so bloody hard it's rare to find thin stones.
This'll do very nicely indeed though, watch this space...
I wanted a piece of novaculite to back a small but very lovely, pure cream coticule I have. @Wid had asked Dan's about the possibility of cutting some black ark for us, but the price of even small custom orders is high. So I was looking for a UK novaculite instead, but because Charns and Idwals are so bloody hard it's rare to find thin stones.
This'll do very nicely indeed though, watch this space...
Last edited:
