WOOD
Black Locust Burl
Beech Burl
Birch Burl


STONE
Coticule, Latneuses
Coticule, La Petite Blanche
Coticule, Latneuses, S-H
Coticule, Latneuses, Hybrid
Layered Gray Shale
Rouge du Salm / Lorraine
Rouge du Salm, Soft
LOCATION
Eindhoven, NL
Eindhoven, NL
Eindhoven, NL


LOCATION
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Vielsalm, BE
Regné, BE
Regné, BE
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USE CASE
Sharpening, Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Honing
Sharpening, Honing
Polishing, Honing
Polishing
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Coticule, Latneuses

Name: Coticule, Latneuses
Provenance: Vielsalm, BE
Geology: Medium-grade metamorphic stone
Composition: Indurated clay, spessartine, quartz
Use case: Sharpening, Honing

Grit size: 2k-10k
Hardness: 4.5/5
Cutting speed: 5/5
Feedback: 5/5


This stone is known worldwide for good reason. It has excellent properties for a sharpening stone, better than most synthetic whetstones while being much more versatile, with great feedback.

Thick, paste-like slurry.
The versatility of this stone comes from the slurry. With thick, paste-like slurry the stone cuts very fast and behaves like a 2k synthetic stone. As the slurry becomes thinner the sharpening becomes finer, up to around 8k grit. Under running water it sharpens the finest, at around 10k grit, which is enough to comfortably shave hair.