Belgischer Brocken
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- What is the Belgian Coticule?
The Coticule stone is a natural premium whetstone that has been extracted methodically in the Belgian Ardennes since the 17th century, but its properties where known & used long before, even by the Romans.
🌋 It is a sedimentary rock formed over 480 million years, consisting of grey-yellowish volcanic ash and clay containing small crystals of Spessartite garnet .
A very special combination of elements allowed the Coticule formation and it only occurs in thin, vertical seams, trapped between two thick strata of bluish-purple slate.
💎 The stone needs to be extracted meticulously and mostly without using machinery. Its extraction is very laborious and delicate process.
The production is 100% traditional and makes every stone a unique item.
- Why it’s a premium whetstone?
🔪 The Belgian Coticule is composed of approximately 35 to 40% of hard garnet crystals. These garnets are what give the Coticule its exceptional sharpening characteristics. The geometrical shape of these garnets is a dodecahedron. There are twelve surfaces with obtuse angles.
This ideal geometric shape and the large numbers of these garnets ensure that the blade is sharpened both very quickly and extremely finely. In addition, obtuse angles polish the metal for a very clean finish!
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