Thread: Whipped Dog "Quarter Nortons"

I see your point and it has been discussed at enough length indeed. but to answer your question:

yes, I stil use it for most of my honing progression although I did get a Les Latneuses bout for the final touch (this one is about the same size actually), I do use both hands to stabalize my SR and use a friction pat underneath my hone to keep it in place.

The thing I did realy need to change was the addition of a bevel setter, I realized this after a few restore projects.

As to why I'm glad I took that path, I'm thinking about it... lets see:
1. the costs involved (I'm still a student and can't afford that much yet), this litle coti was ~€40
2. I like the splash and go nature of the coticule and other natural hones
3. again monetary, second hand coticules on Ebay go for about the same price as the ones bought new from ardennes, it comes close to a money back garanty

and I guess I've kind of fallen in love with my coti.

the choice for a small coti instead of a 8" X 3" coti is a change in price of paying €40,- instead of €353,-
where the OP's choice between the different sizes is a change in price of paying $60 instead of $140,-

so I guess the choice to go with a small hone made more sense in the case of the coticule