That's a beauty ^^^
Coticule love... show off your rock
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And a sweet box and label too
I was thinking the same and if I hadn't just bought the 7" in the previous post I would have been all over it too.
How badly did you get stung for that size with a label? I think I got this particular one for hysterically cheap tbh. I sold a fat boy on there literally a few hrs later and ate $55 off of it. I was in the de for nothing at all so I am hardly out of pocket.
I wouldn't say I got stung. I can easily sell it again without a loss when I am ready. Its a nice fine one with a good hardness to it.
The only ones that seem immune to market fluctuations are hybrids and salm rock
Well natural combination stones fair quite well also with stones that have rough seams where they are bonded being at the bottom. I'm happy.
You got a hell of a deal on that stone. Gotta love BIN's
I actually like going for ancient glued ones because you have a good shot at getting some salm or Lorraine
So I got a package from Florida last week:
I wonder what could be in the box!
It's exactly what everyone expected! It's a 70x130 that according to Jarrod is pretty fast for a modern extraction. I waffled for a while between this and a pinkish coti in the same size that was roughly the same speed that he thought was probably a dressante. Nb. there is a very small chip in the top left corner - that's not shipping damage, it was like that beforehand and TSS was upfront about it before purchase. It hasn't been a problem so far.
Side view of some inclusions (quartz? chlorite? anybody hazard a guess?) that I find very pretty
"Front" view with pretty much the same inclusions
Other side, just nice yellow coti
"Rear" view with some black (manganese?) inclusions
I've only played with it a little so far. The feedback on slurry feels great in a way that I find difficult to articulate - kind of velvety and 'carvy'. Feedback on water is waxier, and I don't know if this makes any sense but it feels like a harder rock on plain water than it does with slurry. It feels great in my hand - very comfortable size/weight for hand honing.
I wonder what could be in the box!
It's exactly what everyone expected! It's a 70x130 that according to Jarrod is pretty fast for a modern extraction. I waffled for a while between this and a pinkish coti in the same size that was roughly the same speed that he thought was probably a dressante. Nb. there is a very small chip in the top left corner - that's not shipping damage, it was like that beforehand and TSS was upfront about it before purchase. It hasn't been a problem so far.
Side view of some inclusions (quartz? chlorite? anybody hazard a guess?) that I find very pretty
"Front" view with pretty much the same inclusions
Other side, just nice yellow coti
"Rear" view with some black (manganese?) inclusions
I've only played with it a little so far. The feedback on slurry feels great in a way that I find difficult to articulate - kind of velvety and 'carvy'. Feedback on water is waxier, and I don't know if this makes any sense but it feels like a harder rock on plain water than it does with slurry. It feels great in my hand - very comfortable size/weight for hand honing.
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Ahh...you got that Scott ;-) i was balling with it for a couple of minutes, dont wanted to buy it first, then i decided to buy it....
...it was gone already....
How are the properties ?
Yeah I'm happy I bought it. Its a fine grained stone fairly fast on both slurry and water with a nice waxy draw finishing. Leaves a nice bevel and sharp smooth edge easily.
So I got a package from Florida last week:
I wonder what could be in the box!
It's exactly what everyone expected! It's a 70x130 that according to Jarrod is pretty fast for a modern extraction. I waffled for a while between this and a pinkish coti in the same size that was roughly the same speed that he thought was probably a dressante. Nb. there is a very small chip in the top left corner - that's not shipping damage, it was like that beforehand and TSS was upfront about it before purchase. It hasn't been a problem so far.
Side view of some inclusions (quartz? chlorite? anybody hazard a guess?) that I find very pretty
"Front" view with pretty much the same inclusions
Other side, just nice yellow coti
"Rear" view with some black (manganese?) inclusions
I've only played with it a little so far. The feedback on slurry feels great in a way that I find difficult to articulate - kind of velvety and 'carvy'. Feedback on water is waxier, and I don't know if this makes any sense but it feels like a harder rock on plain water than it does with slurry. It feels great in my hand - very comfortable size/weight for hand honing.
Good luck with it. I'm a hand-holder as well. 70 x 130 mm seems like it would be a great format. I like mine at 60 x 115 mm quite a bit.
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Nice stone 147grain. That's such a great all around size. Congrats!!
Good looking coti
Coti arrived. It actually has a stamp. Never saw this one before, so I am putting it up here for reference. This stone may be kosher. Won't know till it is lapped. One major coti idiot gouges are on the bbw side.
Super nice one.
I can definitely make out 'RAZOR' and I'm pretty sure the next word is 'HONE' across the top of that oval stamping. Can you make out what it says in the middle?
Also, what do "idiot gouges" consist of?
VC & co. Idiot gouges are when someone takes a lovely, soft coti and carves channels into an otherwise mint surface with icepicks, fish hooks and god knows what else, when even the sidewalk would be better suited to that task
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