I couldn't resist taking a gamble on a cheap standard bout from amazon. Not honed on it yet, feels quite hard and smooth once lapped. Any ideas or similar looking stones to give me a rough idea what to expect?Attachment 230038Attachment 230039
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I couldn't resist taking a gamble on a cheap standard bout from amazon. Not honed on it yet, feels quite hard and smooth once lapped. Any ideas or similar looking stones to give me a rough idea what to expect?Attachment 230038Attachment 230039
It almost looks like a hybrid to me. I have found that pink in a coticule is usually a good fast cutter. :gl:
Fast and fine or fast and coarse? What do you mean by hybrid?
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A hybrid is a grey layer with pink and yellow running through it. Highly sought after, and naturally bonded to the yellow. IME pink with yellow is fast/fine. I had one once, that I've since sold, that was all pink naturally bonded to hybrid. It, the pink side, was extremely fast, but coarse. Here is a pic of it ;Quote:
Originally Posted by dmnc
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That is a lovely looking stone. Never heard of them before. Have to give this one a go and see how it performs. Think the colours match, pink and grey almost mixed with yellow running through. Very cool, think my gamble paid off. Cheers.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...s/IMG_3373.jpgSometimes La Grise has a pinkish hue like that ... I have one somewhat similar.
Update. Medium in speed on water. Not done much on slurry yet. About a 200 X strokes on just water removed all naniwa pro 3000 scratches and left a hazy mirror finish. Shave is very comfortable. Honed a Bengall for a friend (not tested yet) and took my koraat down to 3000 and onto coticule because I was finding the chosera 10000 finish from Ulrik a bit aggressive (no insult, I've only been shaving with coti edges for a while). Koraat felt within a hair as sharp as before and much smoother. Thinking this is my best coticule for finishing. ☺
That looks like a La Dressante, and if it is, that should be a fast stone.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmnc
Only have 3 others to compare it to. My old hard combo is much slower. My ardennes creamy looking with speckles, gritty feeling one is a good bit faster and not as fine a finisher. My only other one is a standard 5x15 that I haven't figured out, every time I go near it my edge dulls to useless. My rating of medium in speed is not to be taken too seriously with how many coti s I've tried. It may well be fast in comparison to most.
