Thread: New Coticule

Well, if you get tired of it, let me know and maybe we can work out a trade for it.

Seriously though, it does take a while to learn how to hone on any hone - coticules included. It is usually easier to hone on the 'regular' ones - long and narrower. The bouts are sometimes too short to get a consistent stroke going. 4" is usable, but on the short side.

Yeah I love cotis like that. I would trade you a fast easier coti or buy that if you tire of it.



Edit: if any of you think i actually want his coti by that post you're stupid. I was trying to make him realize what a nice stone he has. People would love to have it. I have plenty of my own cotis thank you mini mods.

Back to B&B for me, enjoy naziville here.

Dont fret. That coti I am sure will give you the results you want eventually I am sure. It will just take time learning it. That to me is the cool thing about cotis is each one is like a puzzle each being unique. Some are really fast but not good finishers some are really slow and not good finishers. Some are really fast with slurry but slower than time passing while being stuck in an elevator on water.

Its just all about figuring out that particular stone. That is a really cool coti by the way. Its definitely rarer without the backing. Try doing a heavy slurry and then do passes till it turns grey, Keep count of how many laps that is. I am not saying slightly gray either but like gray gray. So say it takes 30 laps (just a number for examples sake). Now dilute. I just do a little squirt from my spray bottle. Not much just enough to weaken the slurry. Then do that many laps again. Dilute, number of laps, dilute, laps dilute laps till your at clear water then do the number of laps. Then completely rinse the coti and the razor ensuring that they're are absolutely no slurry particles and do laps. Then you can try a micro bevel if you would like and add a layer of tape and do like 20-50 laps depending on how fast or slow that coti is and then strop and shave. You should be in the clear but again YMMV as all cotis are different.

I shaved with two razors honed on it tonight. One was better than the other for sure but they both pulled on my upper lip and the coarse hair on my chin. Close but no cigar. I can get a good slurry and it does turn "grey" grey. I will try to count how many laps I do as you instructed and try to dilute and do they same. I use one drop from my finger at a time so not much water. As far as selling, this will probably be one of those stones I'll never sell. It's too cool looking and different. I guess they're all like that which is why their are stone hoarders

Originally Posted by JosephHoffer

I shaved with two razors honed on it tonight. One was better than the other for sure but they both pulled on my upper lip and the coarse hair on my chin. Close but no cigar. I can get a good slurry and it does turn "grey" grey. I will try to count how many laps I do as you instructed and try to dilute and do they same. I use one drop from my finger at a time so not much water. As far as selling, this will probably be one of those stones I'll never sell. It's too cool looking and different. I guess they're all like that which is why their are stone hoarders

If you want to make it easier on yourself google glen's or lynn's one stone honing method with a coticule, both are great methods.You could also go to coticule.be and look under the coticule sharpening academy. There are step by step process' to get a shave ready edge. Just a suggestion for you.

Originally Posted by DireStraights

Edit: if any of you think i actually want his coti by that post you're stupid. I was trying to make him realize what a nice stone he has. People would love to have it. I have plenty of my own cotis thank you mini mods.

Back to B&B for me, enjoy naziville here.

This is your fifth or sixth strike and we have exhausted our patience with you; you are out of second chances.
Since you do not appear capable of staying away from this forum and have come back posting you are now banned.

I always new what a nice stone I had. That's why I shared it. I guess he'll never know now.

I'm glad that you figured out your hone. It is a real pleasure to be able to put a shave-worthy edge on a blade with just a stone.

I've been doing something similar myself - returning to hones I never took the time to properly learn how to use, and it's been a journey quite like yours. It was initially not going the way I wanted, and then I hit on t he technique that worked for me on those hones. I've been happily shaving off those edges for the last few days. It's very gratifying to be able to do that.