Coticule love... show off your rock

[GreekGuy]

No, La Petite Blanche does not necessarily have anything red in it. The typical indicators are a pale color and blue, often swirled lines running through the side. La Dressante can often be equally pale, and I've had several such examples, one of which was almost white. Both layers can have manganese lines.

Are the manganese lines toxic?

[life2short1971]

Are the manganese lines toxic?

no

[GreekGuy]

no

Sorry for the noob question

[shakin_jake]

spoken w/conviction. we'll put you down as a maybe


Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.

[life2short1971]

[Raithskar]

I'm going to guess that is La Vienette


Best,


Jake
Reddick Fla.

It feels just a touch softer. It was an unidentified layer, but I am guessing it at Veinette or Dressante.

It is awesome whatever it is.

[Obiwan]

Here are mine, vintage combo with not very much coticule remaining, small Les Lat, 50X150 La Grise, 40X150 La Verte or (La Grise?) combo.

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all very nice, but I love the stone on the far
left.

[danjared]

It feels just a touch softer. It was an unidentified layer, but I am guessing it at Veinette or Dressante.

It is awesome whatever it is.

Whatever it is, we still want pictures of the side of the stone.

[hig789]

I had a 5x2.5 like the one Mike has above. I was nice but I don't care for the size.

[Raithskar]

Whatever it is, we still want pictures of the side of the stone.

Working on it. Will try and get them up by tomorrow. The Red Blush is evident on almost all facets of the rock.

[Raithskar]

OK guys here are the side shots of the bout. Note the red blushing in the middle of the yellow.

[life2short1971]

OK guys here are the side shots of the bout. Note the red blushing in the middle of the yellow.

Gonna go with Dressante on that little jewel of yours Jon.

Heres my latest little bit o' Belgian Real Estate. It has has stamp of B.T. Co. who was Bösenberg, Trinks & Co., Pike & Escher GmbH. Anyway the stone was residing in spain in new condition until my recent acquisition. It is stamped extrafein and it is as well as extra hard and extra fast. I can't for my first shave from it and I am pleased with the results from my initial trials.

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[Raithskar]

Gonna go with Dressante on that little jewel of yours Jon.

I was leaning more toward that as well Scott. Gary Haywood and I were discussing it, and he said most likley Dressante as well, or possibly the upper layer of a Les Lat.

Nice old rock there my Friend!

[life2short1971]

I was leaning more toward that as well Scott. Gary Haywood and I were discussing it, and he said most likley Dressante as well, or possibly the upper layer of a Les Lat.

Nice old rock there my Friend!

Thanks Jon

[kwigibocity]

Certainly the largest "LGB" I've (knowingly) handled, and hopefully the best...first before lapping;

http://thesuperiorshave.com/images/lgb_0710_1.jpg

and post-lapping, adjacent to departing incumbent 'office pig';

http://thesuperiorshave.com/images/lgbs_0710_3.jpg

http://thesuperiorshave.com/images/lgbs_0710_4.jpg

http://thesuperiorshave.com/images/lgbs_0710_5.jpg

I really think the old "office pig" has value far exceeding any nominal one, so let me get settled in with the new guy and thereafter we'll gather all the coticulites' names into a cyberhat and, so long as they 'promise' to keep it, have one very lucky dude get it for free. It'd be absolute shame for it to sit unused, and yet I wouldn't want to sell it, so this is the right move.

[danjared]

Certainly the largest "LGB" I've (knowingly) handled, and hopefully the best...first before lapping;

http://thesuperiorshave.com/images/lgb_0710_1.jpg

I'm guessing that's your "keeper". What are the dimensions?

[kwigibocity]

Yeah, I've waited too long for such a thing to come down the pike; somewhere deep in the recesses of this thread is the stone I've been using for the last ~3000 or so customer sales, a pitifully sized LGB bout (~96mm long and width starting at 32mm and peaking at 66mm for the last 50mm of the 96mm length) for anyone "forced" to use the tool professionally every single damn day. This must've been an 'off-size rectangle bout' because it is 43x181mm, and I have no clue how it got misplaced all this time as I've been hoping to find a bigger LGB than the office bout for about 22 months now, but during the shuffle of the move it showed up. For my uses, I can't find a better stone; I need as fast and as soft as possible a coticule, but not so fast or so soft that it would require running water, and not soft enough to need to be babied here in the shop, and once those criteria are met I'm always chasing square footage. This one will get the job (been shaving off its unlapped edges a week or so now) until something better comes along. What I wouldn't do for a 65x300mm piece of this!

[danjared]

Why "soft"?

[kwigibocity]

To me they're easier to understand...I'm sure this is just the ridiculous limitations of human interpretation being conjugated, but with a good soft one (most especially with the holographicest La Grises, but they're just far too fragile to do the job here in the office, where I am admittedly a little careless with the stones and strops in exchange for some valued time) I feel like the edge is bending to the will of the stone when used with a little pressure, without chipping away.

I'm not much of a stroke counter or anything like that, I did then when I started, but nowadays honing's about finding the sensation of symbiosis with the particular blade and hone in hand, and chasing that feeling until you're not getting it anymore, then your'e done.

In my brain on most hard stones it feels like you're not helping the edge if you use some pressure, rather you've got to "meet the planes at infinity down the road" to get the best of them. Can't speak for other hands, but for me that takes much more physical dexterity than using a little pressure.

[jkh]

Certainly the largest "LGB" I've (knowingly) handled, and hopefully the best...first before lapping;

http://thesuperiorshave.com/images/lgb_0710_1.jpg

Nice rock, Jarrod! Lemme know when you get tired of using it - I'll take if off your hands