I am a happy camper

It's about as cheap as you will ever get one of those anymore. Just a fabulous price...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231286879855?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Je ne parle pas le francais.

It helps if you covet french hones. La Lune/Special Stone only for good razors

Ahhh.... Tres bon.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181465578345?ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1435.l2649

This ended at the same time.... I bailed out. I went with the awesome rock that is harder to get a hold of. Nothing but rancid, oldworn out cotis and synths infest french ebay most of the time and then all that out of nowhere...

I could never figure it out. Are Lorraine Rouges the same stone as La Lunes, or are they some rare form of BBW as some have claimed?

Not the same at all. I think the rouges are layered in between two layers of BBW. Let me look for the PDF that explains all this stuff.

La lune/special stone is a completely exhausted vein of rock, it is still very plausible that ardennes can find more rouge stone. If they were spread out I would have bought both of them. That was a really fantastic example. I basically stole the lune.... It sold for ~ 100-150usd less than it should have and only because the listing was rubbish. I am curious to see what it shares in common and where it differs from my vosgienne.

http://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info 20m/grinding_and_honing_part_4_belgian_whetstones.pdf

This explains where the rouge stones fit into the mix starting on page 47. It's a very intriguing stone.

Nice buy. I missed on one a couple of months back - went for half of what you got this one for - I forgot it was ending.....kicked myself.

We have to divide these....

The Special Stones / La Lune Stones are quarried somewhere in france in one of the Quarries of F. Ghelfi & Birroleau....probably at Merviller...these appear in a metallic green/blue and a light red

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/14102122416_d879aebddc_c_d.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/14068785824_ddaf25dff8_c_d.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/12240858714_d68dae1cd9_c_d.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/12673988945_08340428a9_c_d.jpg


The Lorraine Rouge is a kind of a fine Sandstone quarried in the Lorraine region...there are several tradenames around (Fox/Goldfisch, M.P.O.P., Best Hone in the World)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3856/14697658293_702b97d9e6_c_d.jpg
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2827/11844089445_a7f02b55f3_c_d.jpg

The Rouge Du Salm a certain BBW Layer comes from Belgium...its just a very vine red layer of a BBW...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/14170959796_71ba970d16_c_d.jpg

Ok. I've had multiples of both La Lune and Lorraine Rouge. Never seen a Rouge du Salm in person.

Nice score. Congrats.

Same size or one of the teeny ones? Stinks you couldn't get it.

BakerAndBadger said:

Nice buy. I missed on one a couple of months back - went for half of what you got this one for - I forgot it was ending.....kicked myself.

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