Thread: Fresh wild caught coti

Still trying to get used to honing on it, I took tested with a Robinson that I killed the edge on glass, but noticed it was still very rough on the nail test, so a slight breadknife, then untaped Chosera #600 about 20 laps, Chosera #1000 20 laps, Chosera #3000 15 laps, naniwa O.S.W #8000 about 10 laps.
Then to this Coti and slurry produced by an Arki as Geezer recommended. 50 X strokes while thinning out the slurry, then 100 laps under running water then 20 laps with a goop of dawn soap and water, 50 passes on vintage linen, 50 on vintage leather.

First thing I notice is it not toping arm hairs like one does after the Suehiro 20k.but it does cut he ones when I get closer to skin, but not 'on' the skin.
Shave test went fairly well, first thing I noticed was lack of sound, that Robinson is probably 3/4 hollow 5/8 blade, working off a bad shave from the night before when I was testing a bad honing job (by me) that had lots of area with plenty of growth. Definitely a smooth shave where I felt like it was not working at first, but afterwards, my face is smooth as I would expect.

I think I will try the unicot or dulicot method tomorrow.ssss

Belgian Whetstones; http://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%2020...whetstones.pdf

StewieS;

Originally Posted by StewieS

Belgian Whetstones; http://bosq.home.xs4all.nl/info%2020...whetstones.pdf

StewieS;

Nice article, over the years I have bought and sold several dozen of Coti's It wasn't until recently that I decided to start keeping a few of them to try and unlock their secrets. One of these days I will figure it out, especially this one. Something about this one I am just loving.

Originally Posted by MODINE

Hey Ponca City, good looking coticule sir Congratulations. if you PM me your address we'll see what we can do about the coti slurry stone..
MIke

A big thanks to Modine for sending me a couple of vintage coti' slurry stones free in the mail. What a great bunch of folks here.
I will defiantly be sending you a razor to hone, its been a few years since I had one sharpened by someone else, good to make sure I am not just shaving to my own expectations.