Thread: The other side of the coti

Originally Posted by kcb5150

The only bit of weirdness is this keenness limit idea with cotis. Maybe they are factoring in the slurry dulling effect that seems more prominent with some veins, idk... I have a few cotis that are so fine I can't justify the thuri, one in particular is finer than I thought they could get. I used to think ppl describing using coticule x, y, or z and relating some crazy equivalency were too enthusiastic until I got that. It was a bit of an eye opener.

I have both the BBWs you showed the pictures of, have you used those as a finisher? If so, with plain water? Or are they just good BBWs to hone on
I'm curious, because I'll definitely try that out that soon, there's a lot more to be experimented; there's just a lot of variety and so much trial and error to get through.

But that's the great part of it all, the mystery, the experience, the collecting, using, etc.
Toys for boys.

I have used them to do the bulk of the work on their respective hones. The globular one is bound to an incredibly hard, slow coticule that is just nicer off water for the final refinement. The other is a choice Belgian stamped stone. I wish I could find it, I posted somewhere before my experiences with a big variety of bbw. I use slurry. You just have to experiment with Belgian stones in general. They tend to surprise with their performance ceilings