Barbers Hone Question and Cutting a Stone Question. 2-4-1 (twofers')

I kindly refer you to the search box, your best friend on the site.

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Originally Posted by dta116

Are you saying they do nothing? Will they improve or degrade an edge? Tell me about using it.

Thanks, Dave

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Originally Posted by WW243

I kindly refer you to the search box, your best friend on the site.

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Thank you but I get "0" hits (Well, except for this post)

Just type in barber's hone in the Advanced Search box, not the name of your hone. This will give you a plethora of information.....after that it will be your razor on your barber's hone on your face for the truth.

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Originally Posted by dta116

Thank you but I get "0" hits (Well, except for this post)

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Originally Posted by WW243

Just type in barber's hone in the Advanced Search box, not the name of your hone. This will give you a plethora of information.....after that it will be your razor on your barber's hone on your face for the truth.

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i appreciate your reply but that does not give me the information about that hone that I am looking for.

Locating information on that particular hone, the "Cotl", may be & is a little difficult,,, I just tried my GOOGLE FU on it with no results,,,,

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That hone was made by the American Hone Company & there is a wealth of information on that company , here on SRP & in the general GOOGLE search. This information leads you to other famous hones that were made by this same company,,,, there are lots on tests run on these other hones,,,, yes I know its not the Cotl,,,,,, so I suggest you send it to a member who can accurately test it for you or give it a try yourself,,, just keep track of your test by razor type, other stones in the progression & the end results of the shave test with the Cotl. , There are guys here that would test it for you,,, :shrug:

Thanks Hirlau, I don't actually have the stone or I would test it myself, I just wondered if anyone else had information on this particular hone.

There's a Cotl floating around from buyer to buyer on the net for the past 4 years,,,the one with the ragged box,,,, is this the one of interest?

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Originally Posted by Hirlau

There's a Cotl floating around from buyer to buyer on the net for the past 4 years,,,the one with the ragged box,,,, is this the one of interest?

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I don't think so.....

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Not that's not the one I kept seeing,,,, that one looks nice,,,,:shrug:

If it is something that interests you, then get it if you can,,,, experiment with it & do a good write up with photos & finally there will be some information on a Cotl.

If you're a collector of barber hones, then it looks nice & there don't seem to be a lot of them out there, only you can say what one is worth to you.

If you are looking to put it into a progression, then the lack of information on it's performance, makes it a risk; if the price is higher than other established barber hones which may be a lot less.

Thanks Hirlau for your replies. I was just hoping to find a bit more about it before wasting time on a lousy stone, but who knows....either bad or good.