Originally Posted by
Butzy
Thank you guys for all the help! I have definitely made some mistakes on this journey but it's nice to hear that this is pretty much the norm and not the exception in some regards...
fxt913, I had no idea that the coticule was a oil stone first and then a waterstone. a lot of what i read before buying said to only use water and didn't say anything about keeping a stone without using slurry for a "finisher" i suppose since i have two stones now (ugh) i can try this method.
Utopian- you're absolutely right, i should have just sold the one before buying the other, but i wanted to keep practicing in the mean time. didn't do much good, did it?
I suppose I will sell one of the stones here soon as i'm going get some synthetic hones and work on those, per all your recommendations. I will say they are both exceptional stones from what I can tell, I really lucked out. One is a La Grosse Blanche (because it sunburns) and that was just by chance, and the other is a La Veinette because I bought it that way from Ardennes. Just wish i could use them correctly
Thanks again for all of the help guys. This has been a wealth of knowledge that i haven't been able to get anywhere else and has given me a direction to start working towards since I had hit a wall! Great stuff