It could be a La Dressante, but it also looks like it could be a Les Latneuses with slate backing. The side shot makes it look as though it has some of the hybrid layer toward the slate. Perhaps the stone was cut without enough hybrid layer to fully support the stone. How fast is it at darkening slurry?
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It could be a La Dressante, but it also looks like it could be a Les Latneuses with slate backing. The side shot makes it look as though it has some of the hybrid layer toward the slate. Perhaps the stone was cut without enough hybrid layer to fully support the stone. How fast is it at darkening slurry?
That's a La Petite Blanche......I know because I have it's twin.
That stone does look strangely familiar! They had to be cut from the same area. Small world
Yohann do you have any tips on using my half of the twins?
Pretty fast.
I think I know what kind of coticule it is.It looks like it's probably a La Dressante. The color in the pictures looks like it's a bit off, though.
Fine, we'll have it your way:
That what my cule looks like in daylight. If I had taken the picture with tungsten lighting, my cule would have a warmer tone.
So, that's two votes for La Dressante. What are its characteristics, and how do cules tend to differ? Is it just a faster/slower cule thing? Are some cules finer, while other cules rougher?
FWIW, my cule is pretty fast.
Fine, we'll have it your way:
That what my cule looks like in daylight. If I had taken the picture with tungsten lighting, my cule would have a warmer tone.
So, that's two votes for La Dressante. What are its characteristics, and how do cules tend to differ? Is it just a faster/slower cule thing? Are some cules finer, while other cules rougher?
FWIW, my cule is pretty fast.
Them are fighting words. (Kidding.)It looks like it could be from the La Dressante layer (upper part of the layer), but it is often hard to tell if the picture is taken straight on. The side view also is difficult for me to see much detail from, partially because of the lapping marks from Ardennes' very coarse lapping plate. It's entirely possible that it's actually a Les Latneuses based on what look like faint lines just above a hybrid layer, but I am having trouble seeing the exact color (no, I am not colorblind). To help determine that, I'd like to know how fast it is--but on water. Do a set of 30 half-strokes with pressure. Does the water darken much? Also, note that, right now, so-called hybrid sublayers are popping up more on stones not from the Les Latneuses layer. Recently, Ardennes cut some hybrid-backed stone from where La Veinette would be, although Bart's initial assessment is that one of these stones did not act like a La Veinette. So, it is becoming increasingly difficult to identify these stones--at least ones mined recently.
Well, you know me; anything for a cheap laugh.
I'll take another picture with slurry tomorrow. The light is very different now.
Thanks,
Here's the stone again in different daylight.
I don't have any black in my Dressante au bleu that I can remember... but a couple tiny threads of it in my LGB.
Here it its with slurry.
Slurry after 30 1/2 x strokes.
Slurry after 60 1/2 x strokes.
It does get darker, but it's hard to tell in the pics.
Thanks,
Slurry after 30 1/2 x strokes.
Slurry after 60 1/2 x strokes.
It does get darker, but it's hard to tell in the pics.
Thanks,
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Be careful - I've heard that those bubbles can get under the blade and degrade your edges....
Be careful - I've heard that those bubbles can get under the blade and degrade your edges....
I think its Dressante myself. The lines(not the black ones),the texture, and the hardness all lead to it.Should make a fine finisher.
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Be careful - I've heard that those bubbles can get under the blade and degrade your edges....
???!!!I didn't know that!
I could try, but you're probably better off look at the stones in Bart's Vault and doing a search for "la dressante" on coticule.be.
I didn't know that!
I have a nice bridge I'd like to sell you.
That stone does look strangely familiar! They had to be cut from the same area. Small world
Yohann do you have any tips on using my half of the twins?
Yeah, I actually got a longer LPB from Ardennes after I picked that one up.
Not much advice to offer. It's pretty quick, so a light touch on just water is required.
I found that this really benefited from being smoothed out on my C12K. Actually, I think the coticule was also smoothing out the C12K at the same time (not sure which is harder). Either way, it did change the feel of the hone a lot and made it easier to get a nice edge.
This is likely to be psychological -- at least in part. There's no reason why there should be any discernible effect from smoothing out the hone, but it did help in my case.
I have found it harder to gat a good edge directly after lapping myself. Especially on harder stones like Dressante
I didn't know that!
Its not good to get them wet either
Or feed them after midnight.
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