Thread: Hi All, a bit about me and a honing query

Originally Posted by Alraz

The yellow coticule is a finishing hone, no good for setting a bevel.

Yellows can vary quite a bit. I think littlesilverbladefromwales had/has one that was a great bevel setter. You can get them at great prices in the classifieds. The seller should know what his is best at. Otherwise Rob at Ardennes can select you a stone to meet your requirements.

I use my BBW & Coticule in place of a Norton. I've not tried a Norton, but i love the feel of the naturals. I've got diamond plates if i need to be more aggresive with the blade.

To finish a Chinese 12k is cheap. Thuringians are lovely, or you can strop straight off the coticule, if you go for one suited to finishing.

Thanks All,
It'll be hopefully some time before I need to buy one just having had it set up by Steve but I now have a good iea of which way I'll go.
Chris

Originally Posted by muddy250

Thanks All,
It'll be hopefully some time before I need to buy one just having had it set up by Steve but I now have a good iea of which way I'll go.
Chris

One thing to keep in mind is that there are 9255 at this time. For every question that you post, you should expect to receive approximately 20000 answers, with neither having to be necessarily wrong ;-) As I come to realize, and honing is not the exception, there is a lot of personal preference involved. In other words, there is more than one way to do things.

Al raz.

Originally Posted by Alraz

One thing to keep in mind is that there are 9255 at this time. For every question that you post, you should expect to receive approximately 20000 answers, with neither having to be necessarily wrong ;-) As I come to realize, and honing is not the exception, there is a lot of personal preference involved. In other words, there is more than one way to do things.

Al raz.

That's very true, on the whole it's just Horses for Courses & what you find works for you.