Thread: Coticule Edge

I'm sorry but you guys are just so wrong,, The absolute best stone for finishing is my super secret liquid silver kronikly good stone that I found at the top of the Himalayan mountain that I climbed after receiving a vision from the aliens that abducted me...

This stone works perfectly on every single razor, and feels oh so good, on everybody's face... It magically makes all the variables, like skin type, beard type, and steel type, disappear and makes all edges great, but not too sharp either... Oh yeah it does this with only 20 feather light laps and you would never need a pasted strop after this stone either... Oh of course you could rub this stone on the thighs of a vestal virgin and obtain a special slurry that would enable you to set bevels perfectly too...




I am only half kidding here...

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I'm sorry but you guys are just so wrong,, The absolute best stone for finishing is my super secret liquid silver kronikly good stone that I found at the top of the Himalayan mountain that I climbed after receiving a vision from the aliens that abducted me...

This stone works perfectly on every single razor, and feels oh so good, on everybody's face... It magically makes all the variables, like skin type, beard type, and steel type, disappear and makes all edges great, but not too sharp either... Oh yeah it does this with only 20 feather light laps and you would never need a pasted strop after this stone either... Oh of course you could rub this stone on the thighs of a vestal virgin and obtain a special slurry that would enable you to set bevels perfectly too...




I am only half kidding here...

Hmmmmm I wonder how that would taste ?

Darn I forgot the taste Jimmy, I was trying to hit everything too hehehee

Originally Posted by Ryan82

As well, the coticule has a reputation for smoothing out a sharp edge that is too harsh, creating a good balance of sharp & smooth.

Originally Posted by Stubear

I've tried edges off both the 16k Shapton (very sharp and polished, but a little too harsh for my tastes) and the 12k Naniwa, which was very sharp and smooth but just not quite as good as a natural..!

Originally Posted by Disburden

I have a shapton 16K and I don't like it unless I smooth it with cerium or hit a finishing hone after. I think the naniwa 12K is much better for that step of honing.

Gentlemen,

After the 16K try a few laps on the coticule. As long as you don't overdo it the edge should retain the sharpness of the Shapton yet obtain the smoothness from the coti, taking away some of the harshness.

In the same vein, I'm not a big fan of diamond paste, I find it harsh on my face sometimes. I'll give my razor the coticule treatment and
perhaps some chrome ox (which agrees more with my face than diamond) and I'm back in shaving bliss.

Is it true the Escher brand was more exclusive, expensive or harder to get back then?

Only a few days ago I found another coticule. After lapping it is quite thin. I meant to but skipped it- was going to use it as it was to see what sort of result the former user was getting from its radically dished surface. Both my laminated stones were for sure intended as razor hones.

I am sure somewhere out there is my Escher waiting to hook up. I have only made a dozen or so laps on a stone Lee had and gee whiz was that nice, obviously since i may have mentioned the same 10 times at least.

Having finer is still no reason not to appreciate each stone for what it does. High grit pastes and synthetics are easy to find and exactly(to a point)reliable as said. Nevertheless it is not the same as knowing what was expected from a skilled shave when your old vintage razor was new

They can perform and it really is a wonderful feeling.

As far as harsh edge vs. smooth edge is concerned, the difference between the two definitely exists. Bleeders and nicks from a sharp but harsh edge are not enjoyable at all.

I often resort to dia. paste and/or CrOx and/or Nakayama Maruichi to tame a harsh edge.

I am wondering if the type of steel has something to do with any of this. I recently honed a Frederick Reynolds for someone else and it took forever because of the somewhat harder steel of the Reynolds. As I was honing it, I noticed no hint of harshness at any time during the honing process.

I had no bleeders from the initial shave or any shave after that. Total 4 shaves.

Hard steel - smooth shave. Soft steel - harsh shave?????

You tell me................

i used diamond spray . Not harsh at all when used on felt and less laps is needed. To many laps oand the edge will be harsh as i found out with bio paste.

i have used coticule after paste etc and it will tame the edge

I was thinking today about what stones I would need to keep my razors shave sharp.

I am not looking to restore any old and rusted razors, I am just looking to keep what is already shave sharp sharp.

Right now I own a Arashiyama 6000 grit stone and a coticule. Do you recomend any kind of natural stone that can be used ad a finisher above the coti?

I know many of you would say pasted strops and what not, but I'm trying to see what else there is.

I like my balsa hone with CrO, and my SRD modular paddle with .5 micron diamond spray.

coticule is all you will need .just try it with water only.see if you like it . takes from 30 to 100 laps depeding on your coti. i 'd start at 30 and so on.