European Sharpening Stone

Ya got a link or a pic?

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

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Oops!

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=384&item=7131051530&rd=1

Yes, I know this is a in progress auction, but there are so many of these stones that I don't think I'm gonna cheat somebody out of a good deal.

Todd O.

Earth calling Todd........... *LINK*

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Got it right this time----I think

Todd O.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=384&item=7131051530&rd=1

Re: Earth calling Todd...........  *LINK*

kees

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http://www.fine-tools.com

Stone

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Did you notice that stone is only 4" long?

Pam

Re: this (or similar)  *LINK*

paul womack

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http://www.ardennes-coticule.com/engels.htm

Belgian Blue and Coticule waterstones -

Joel

>We stock the stone in the US. It a small belgian blue waterstone. The rougher of the two types of beligian waterstones that are avaialbe. it's a fast cutting about 4k stone. works nicely. The finer belgian waterstone, the coticule stone, is from the same mine, highly prized and really wonderful for knive sharpening. For woodworking I think it's a fast cutting super fine stone but, like the best of the natural Japanese waterstones not everyone's cup of tea. See Toshio Odate's article on sharpening in the current issue of Woodwork Magazine for more info on Belgian and other waterstones.

We stock a fair range of the stones in larger sizes.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Yeah I did Pam, however that was not as much of a concern to me as just the overall quality of the stone itself. Fiqure if it's worth pursuing a bigger one could be found. I know that sharpening is a passion with some of us, myself included, and therefore this stone caught my interest. Wondered what our European Islands had to say about it.

Think I'll check into buying one just to see for myself.

Todd O.

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>thanks for te info fellas, I find it interesting.

Joel, you said that you have the waterstone, which I assume(yeah, yeah, I know the dangers of this) is the same stone from Belgium and not another grade of it right?

Unlike other "Waterstones" such as Sharptons, Kings, etc, etc, these are in fact natural earth-made stones and not made up of man-made matrials right?

Todd O.

Re: Belgian Blue and Coticule waterstones - *LINK*

Joel

>These are natural waterstones. They have been mined for around 800 years. We carry two grades of the stone (all there is) the Belgian blue which is what was being auctioned and the coticule which is the finer grade of the two which is really amazing.


Belgian Waterstones

Thanks Joel

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Think I'll to wangle an order in the near future.

Budget, Ned said budget, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! HA! HA! Silly boy. ;~)

Todd O.

ROFLMAO!!!! Budget!!!

Ernie Miller Topeka

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