Thread: Coti vs Escher

Originally Posted by Geezer

If the bevel was properly set and the edge polished to the nice shaving point, only a very few, like 10-20 laps would be required.
And, yes I do usually finish with a Thuringian.
~Richard

+!...Richard is spot on. I always finish my Sheffield's with my very hard La Dressant Au Bleu Coticule and then follow up with about 30-40 very very light laps on my hand-held Barber's Gem Escher. 20 laps would be about right for one of my longer Eschers.

Perhaps you can try using your coti to make a slurry on your thuri. And then vice versa. You can use them to create your own blend. Dilute to water and see which your face prefers.IMHO

Since the grit of a Coti is large and very hard, it may cause a lot of wear on a Thuringer. I have used a Thuringer slurry stone on a Coti at the final stages. Some to try and I like to experiment. I also tend to over hone, hone too long on a razor. To help get really good honing; drawing the edge with no pressure on it, only the weight of the blade, across the side of a glass tumbler will deform the super thin edge before starting the re- honing of a razor. That will and keep it from flexing away from the hone during the honing process. "Coticule.be"
~Richard

Wow these little 1" × 5" seem small. Can you release a genuine thuringian water hone from it's box in the oven on low? Lapping in the box doesn't seem easy.

Let's see it. Might need nothing at all to do it's job. No more than you use a Thurri, a size like yours will work nicely.
Escher produced hones in your size up to huge ones. Same stone, more reps, attention to technique.
Keeping the edge in the middle of a narrow stone takes practice and concentration.
You shall do it!

Originally Posted by rideon66

Wow these little 1" × 5" seem small. Can you release a genuine thuringian water hone from it's box in the oven on low? Lapping in the box doesn't seem easy.

I've done that with a stone that was fastened with epoxy, so IME, yes you can ........

Originally Posted by Geezer

A simpler Dilucot for some stones is to have a deep bowl of water near, and dip the blade in it every 40 laps or so. Works for most of my Coticules.

Rather than a deep bowl, I use a plastic mustard jar with water in it for dipping between each hone and for a similar Dilucot-type approach to slurry dilution. (It is the same size as a standard mayonaise jar if that helps anyone picture it.) The neck is wide enough to easily enter the jar and even with a mishap, you would only be hitting plastic.

Doesn't look like it is coming out. Oven at 170 for almost an hour stone got really hot.
It is stuck good. So I just lapped it on a flat coti it lapped quick. I will try it tomorrow.

Your next acquisition should be a diamond plate for flattening your stones...very handy for generating slurry too.

Looks good to me. Shop for a little slurry stone. Rub it all over till you get some slurry on it. Thin as you go to just water!