Thread: Coticule

By any chance do you have any other stones to hone razors with first? Are you buying a Coticule to hone all stages? I prefer 8X3, but i have alot of different other brands under 8x3 like the dia plates 600/800/1000/1200 that are 6x2 and i stopped using them and only use them on my hunting fishing knives now, alot of different brands and size's of swaty hones, and also a coticule that i bought in the beginning that is 40mm x 100mm and that was to small for me to use, cause with a 8/8 you drag it 2 inches then you need to turn so to feel the stone i prefer larger/longer hones. dont need to be wider, but to feel the stone i would go wider, and for a new guy its easy to hit the edge by accident when turning when you start to learn to hone if the stone is to small, and with wider you dont need to take that risk. And also like the other guy said circles. But most ppl who have done it forever can sharpen on grey rocks from garden so size dosent matter if your patient or that you have honed for quite some time. But since your new and probably want to buy a coticule anyway, Go BIG BTW forgot to say there are other brands that are better and cheaper.