ovnifou
Active Member
Hello,
I am living in Geneva, Switzerland. I have used japanese whetstones for the last 22ys to sharpen and hone my woodworking tools, used to build fishing rods, bamboo fishing rods. Lost in the world of japnats, I even did never heard anything about Coticule until I start to shave with straight, not long time ago. The first stone are on the way from Ardennes, I can't wait 'till they come! My problem is not concerning coticule or bbw but thuringian stones. I found one nice piece in England, wanted to compare it with the belgian. Here are the pictures
it was said to be a vintage thuringian, 15k grit (I knew it was wrong, fine OK but not so fine), the problem is it came with a nice invisible crack. First attempt to make slurry and crack!!!!
alright, it can be, Murphy's Law I think, the problem is, I was already thinking about that, this seems for me by no way being a thuringian, just slate certainly but once broken was it clear.
Am I right or am I so ignorant about the german honig stones?
Thank you for the help if you can
I am living in Geneva, Switzerland. I have used japanese whetstones for the last 22ys to sharpen and hone my woodworking tools, used to build fishing rods, bamboo fishing rods. Lost in the world of japnats, I even did never heard anything about Coticule until I start to shave with straight, not long time ago. The first stone are on the way from Ardennes, I can't wait 'till they come! My problem is not concerning coticule or bbw but thuringian stones. I found one nice piece in England, wanted to compare it with the belgian. Here are the pictures
it was said to be a vintage thuringian, 15k grit (I knew it was wrong, fine OK but not so fine), the problem is it came with a nice invisible crack. First attempt to make slurry and crack!!!!
alright, it can be, Murphy's Law I think, the problem is, I was already thinking about that, this seems for me by no way being a thuringian, just slate certainly but once broken was it clear.
Am I right or am I so ignorant about the german honig stones?
Thank you for the help if you can