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    Here's a coticule I picked up recently. It's roughly 38mm x 150mm. It seems to cut pretty fast on slurry and it has some nice feedback while honing. Haven't had too much time to play with it yet but I'm sure it will work great. Hope to here your thoughts on it.



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    Cool man, nice stone

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    Lovely stone!

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    Coticules are one of those hones everyone has to try. They are all slightly different but most can give you a good edge. Have fun playing/experimenting with it.
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    Coticules are really the only hone needed if you are so inclined to accept the fact that they're tricky to learn and you are NOT going to get a J Nat edge if using one. I for one prefer a nice easy to get along with coticule edge to a hyper keen result as that afforded by a J Nat. Actually thinking about unloading all my Naniwa SS stones and going exclusively Belgian. Never got into J Nats..not my style.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phoenix51 View Post
    Coticules are really the only hone needed if you are so inclined to accept the fact that they're tricky to learn and you are NOT going to get a J Nat edge if using one. I for one prefer a nice easy to get along with coticule edge to a hyper keen result as that afforded by a J Nat. Actually thinking about unloading all my Naniwa SS stones and going exclusively Belgian. Never got into J Nats..not my style.
    That is precisely what I did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phoenix51 View Post
    Coticules are really the only hone needed if you are so inclined to accept the fact that they're tricky to learn and you are NOT going to get a J Nat edge if using one. I for one prefer a nice easy to get along with coticule edge to a hyper keen result as that afforded by a J Nat. Actually thinking about unloading all my Naniwa SS stones and going exclusively Belgian. Never got into J Nats..not my style.
    Yeah, I went through that, but don't get rid of your other hones/stones......you'll be surprised at how your tastes/preferences will change as you use, and progress through the different media, hones and stones, and edge preferences.

    Like a coti edge today and then a Naniwa tomorrow, and then...well...Jnat, etc. on and on!! It's a trip, but educational and, well, fun!!

    Just saying...keep your stones and options open....they'll change over time!!

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    I've tried 3 or 4 cotis, and not one produced an edge I enjoyed. Thinking it was me, not the stones, I had a W&B FBU sent off to glen for a pro honing. Turns out it's not an issue with my honing, I just don't like coti edges. I hear so many people rave about them, but I just don't get a good shave with them. Now my jnats and gokumyo 20k provide excellent shaves. The funny thing is I always search for them on ebay, maybe hoping to find one with a cheap buy it now, in the hopes that I'll find one that is as good as all the hype.

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    Hello to All,

    I really like using my coticules For me, however, the edge off of them isn't quite 'sharp' enough for my whiskers.

    Lately, I have been using my coticules as a pre-finisher, before finishing on my JNat (Shoubudani Asagi) (using first a Tsushima black nagura, and then a Ozuku Asagi tomo nagura).

    I note that under a microscope, my coticules seem to leave a very similar finish to my JNat - a sort of very fine 'bead-blasted' look, so I thought the stones would be complimentary.

    This, for me, has been spectacularly successful way of using the coticules

    Good luck with your stone - coticules are really fun to experiment with

    Have fun

    Best regards

    Russ
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    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 .

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