Thread: another coticule, or two

Originally Posted by Utopian

One of my coticules is extremely dished--probably a quarter inch between high and low. I have not had the heart to lap it and and waste any of that coticule goodness (and I'm the guy that saves lapping slurry!) so I have been using it to generate slurry on other coticules for at least the past 6 years.

I figure in another 40 or 50 years it will be flat!

i had one dished about a 1/4 , the only way i brought myself to lapping it (on a belt sander) was because i was about to order a BBW only stone and the coticule combo i grabbed cheaper then i could the BBW alone .. still hated doing it !!

I lapped 1/16" out of this one and I almost cried, lol. It's an amazing stone.

Still honing like that, I will never lap it.

So long as you're not using enough pressure to convex the bevel I've never had a problem honing on a slightly dished Pike Coticule I have. It's a 7" no. 1 fine grade with both stamps that I've never had the heart to lap. I watched a video by sham where he honed on a dish stone with a no pressure heel forward stroke. Figured if he could do it so could I. I've never had 1 convex bevel come off my stone but I'm very careful around the dish. I actually prefer honing with the dish stone when it comes to a big smiling blade is it actually helps with the rolling-x stroke.

Still honing like that, I will never lap it.

If you lapp it you wont have coti anymore .My cotis 2 from 4, small are dished just like this and i hone also in this condition ,and the 3 rd i lapp and now i have 2 3 mm Latheuses like layer of coti . I only use the BBW wich is amazing by the way .This stone is my biggest coti 12 .5 x 5 sm 5 x2 inch.

They arrived today, and I decided to use my very first straight razor as a test subject. It's previous edge was shave ready per gokumyo 20k. I started by flattening the smaller stone. It had some gunk on it and I wanted it to be clean and fresh. I used the smaller one to make a medium slurry, honed while progressively diluting with water. This stone is quite nice as far as fitting in my hand. I don't normally like holding the hone, but this just felt right. The edge is definitely not dull, cuts arm hair with zero tugging, before stropping. Post stropping she's slicing hair with ease, can't really tell a difference really on arm hair between the coti and 20k edges. I'm sure my face will feel the difference! I can already tell this stone puts my previous 2 to shame! Thanks for all the advice, the dish seemed like it was going to have to be flattened, boy was I wrong!

Could not wait until morning to shave, BBS 3 pass shave, skin is so smooth! It's not quite as sharp as I'm used to. I would say it tugs, but it likes short strokes on the first pass, 3-4 day growth. No weepers, nicks, or cuts so I can't complain!

Originally Posted by prodigy

Could not wait until morning to shave, BBS 3 pass shave, skin is so smooth! It's not quite as sharp as I'm used to. I would say it tugs, but it likes short strokes on the first pass, 3-4 day growth. No weepers, nicks, or cuts so I can't complain!

Glad to hear you got a satisfactory shave. If you get to know the stone you may see improvement as time goes on. I've gotten razors very sharp/keen with certain coticules, not as much with others.

It is my opinion that barbers liked them so much because the edges were milder and less prone to nicking. Sort of like shaving DE with a Derby as opposed to a Feather. Shaving other people all day, a forgiving edge is probably a good thing. ...... IMHO ........ YMMV .....

You are rigth Rusen if I lap it, I won't have any more Coti. Coticules are great stones, and since we don't need to use a lot of pressure I figure this piece of stone is going to last a long time. I do have another 3 Coticules, but there's something about this little piece of rock.

The most damaged and the broken are aways the best stones ,most used i think .There is something special about every coti