Thread: 1k - BBW - Coticule Does anyone else even use this any longer???

The first two years I learned to hone i used dmt1200, bbw slurry, coticule with water. Then i got my norton and forgot about the bbw stone, its just so hard and slow for a sharpening step imo.

Sham has blue natural stones, unknown, that he sells for about thirty dollars and are 3k level. He found a big rock somewhere and had it cut to hones, which is where it came from. This hone is fast as heck on water and works a lot easier than a bbw stone. I sold my big bbw because it was inferior to this new stone.


Dilution came into the mix too and i guess it became more desirable to new honers...but imo dilution is trickier than a progression based method.



EDIT:

I have also found that old Coticules thate are glued or natural combination stones have a belgian blue side that seems sometimes less effective to hone on. As mentioned in a million other threads the mine didn't use the BBW side for honing back in the day, just as a useless base. I know it is speculated about new belgian blue stones being sold for honing and therefore may be a more effective cutting stone than layers in the past...But who knows?

I do know that I have had old Coticules with belgian blue on the back of the coticule that were near worthless as cutters.

I know on Bart's new forum: Artisanshaving.org some people are using this method.