Thread: Coticule purchase

For me there is two types of coticules - 1 those that are prefinishers , but cannot give a quality shaving edge / or you can feel the stone / and 2 type is those that can play both pre and finishers . No mater if they are soft or hard , they are fine to finish and leave a sharp edge .
If you find from the second type dont sell it never , the other 80 % of those stones can be sell , change or gifted .
Usualy the good fine BBW is more intresting as it gives sharper edge .

this one is very fast on slurry. It took no time to produce dark grey slurry and has a very abrasive sound and feel to it. On just water after a few strokes the blade started to polish very nice. Felt like honing on ice after a bit once the blade smoothed out. Can't wait to try it. My hair can't grow fast enough lol

Nice stone Joe. Your starting to get a nice collection of Coticules. Is this one a natural combination or a glued to slate?

Yes I'm starting to collect a few of them. I like the differences in appearance and results. They have character I guess I would say. I'm sure at some point I'll get into Jnats as well. They look beautiful and from what I've been told put a wicked edge on a razor.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Nice stone Joe. Your starting to get a nice collection of Coticules. Is this one a natural combination or a glued to slate?

It's glued to slate and needs to be fixed a little on one corner. I've read you can use crazy glue or bees wax to fix a damaged coti. Anyone have suggestions?

here's a picture of the damaged corner

Joseph,

Please have a peek here :

http://www.coticule.be/faq-reader/it...-coticule.html


I have a La Grise/BBW natural combo that had a similar fault. I filed the 'weak' material out, and filled the void with epoxy (standard Araldite). Let it cure and sanded to shape. I then gave the sides of the repair a coat of nail varnish. Been going strong ever since

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

Well I shaved with it once and didn't quite get it enough. Tried again and had a very nice comfortable shave with it. Only honing with it twice and a nice shave is pretty good in my books. I will to fix it this week. When you say a coat of nail varnish do you mean finger nail polish? Like the clear stuff.