Thread: Bevelsetting on a Coticule.

Originally Posted by Chris L

I don't have the experience that Bart has, or the stone collection like some do, but I have owned and used in the neighborhood of 10 coticules making up what I would consider the "soft, medium and hard" varieties. I have a very hard 8"x3" natural combo. You could do hundreds and hundreds of passes with water on that stone and after letting the stone dry you would not find ANY dry slurry powder on the stone or on the finger after wiping the dry stone's surface. It creates no slurry on its own. Of course you can use a coticule slurry stone or a diamond plate to make slurry on it. Unless I came up with some very aggressive and drastic measures, I could not get a thick milky slurry on that particular stone like Bart's coticule exhibits here. The one I speak of is a great finishing stone, but would be very difficult to use from start to finish.

That said, I own 4 or 5 coticules that would with a little work create great slurry and could be used as Bart has here.

Chris L

I think there are a few stones out there that you can sit down with and do a lot on a given razor with an unlimited amount of time. I always look at what stones can I sit down with every day with 10-20 razors and walk away with consistently honed edges that will produce a very nice shave. When I know that these stones will produce these results on everything from a restore to a refresh, then I look know they will work for an every day honing if someone just has a couple of razors.

Now I am gonna go have to play and see if I can do this with an Escher and a Nakayama...........

Lynn