Thread: Which Colicule could be used as a bevel setter?

In my search for a narrow bevel setter, I wonder if a Coticule would work, I know some of them are better for tools; maybe one of those would work.

Thanks, Dave

It would work but it may take some time depending on the grit of the coticule and the condition of the razor.
I would go for a nice synthetic it will do the job a lot faster.

You CAN use a Coticule as bevelsetter, but the coticules are naturel stones, so there is no way of knowing how fast they cut or what grit they have.

I have four coticules and they are all great finishers. I tried to hone with different coticules but they where ale great finishers.

I recommend a Naniva Super stone 1000K as bevel setter. That's a great stone, very fast and precise. And I think it's underrated on forums like this.

But a great stone and cheap to.

Using coticules as bevelsetter takes lot of time and patience. If you press to hard you ruin the spine. That is reason I would use a Naniwa.

You might like to try a 3 nagura stone set of 3 different grits on your coticule to see if results can be achieved.

I believe it's called "one-stone" honing...................

If you could find a Coticule from one of the lower veins like this one of mine they make AWESOME bevel setters




Yeppers AWESOME

I think it is called the lower Chosera vein

ps: want a narrow one ??? take a pencil and draw a line lengthwise down the hone and shift the honing area to one side of the line and it does the exact same thing as a narrow hone

No really it does

Originally Posted by Kristian

You CAN use a Coticule as bevelsetter, but the coticules are naturel stones, so there is no way of knowing how fast they cut or what grit they have.

I have four coticules and they are all great finishers. I tried to hone with different coticules but they where ale great finishers.

I recommend a Naniva Super stone 1000K as bevel setter. That's a great stone, very fast and precise. And I think it's underrated on forums like this.

But a great stone and cheap to.

Using coticules as bevelsetter takes lot of time and patience. If you press to hard you ruin the spine. That is reason I would use a Naniwa.

Great Idea Kristian, I have 2 of them, now show me a narrow stone I can use.

and JERRY, I don't think the Botan will give me enough "grit" for a plumb dull razor.

Dave

Why do you want a narrow hone? If the hone is narrow you increase the possibility of uneven hone wear. That's not good, especially not on bevel setting.

I would use a large coticule like 20x7,5cm or 17x5 cm. as bevel setting I would use hard pressure and circle movements. With lot of slurry - almost mud.

When the bevel is almost set, I would use rolling x-strokes.

The most important thing when honing is the bevel setting.

I'll go for the 1000k Naniwa or King any day and use the coticule for the rest..

Originally Posted by gssixgun

If you could find a Coticule from one of the lower veins like this one of mine they make AWESOME bevel setters

Yeppers AWESOME


Your a riot Glen, I have the #800 version and , yes, it is awesome.

I thank all of you for the education/sugestions but maybe I should rephrase the question.

Do you know of a narrow natural stone that would make a good bevel setter, if a Coticule, which vein?

Thank you.

I honestly don't

I tried to make an all natural set up a couple of times, there is no doubt there are several ways to "Make Do" but the 1k-ish Synthetics are just so good at what they do that it makes it a niche / eclectic way of bevel setting not to use them..

Sorry

if you want a fast coticule you should look for one with a pinkish hue or pink dots, that's apparently an indication that it will be fast.

for the rest I thought that the La Dresante and Les Latneuses can be quite fast (see: http://www.coticule.be/rep1.html ) but you know how it is, you need te get lucky as well. If you ask Maurice at Ardennes Coticule nicely he might just pick the hone you are looking for