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Do you know your coticule
Hello Gentlemen i'm starting this thread for all of the coticule lovers out there. So show off your coticule and tell us how you use it the size hardness and the speed
First up my 6x2 medium hard yellow combo coticule slow/med on water med/fast with slurry . This is the first stone i learn to hone on. i can use this stone after a 1k stone with heavy slurry and finish on the same stone. the edge this stone gives a razor is a mix of a light mello and sharp more towards the side of sharp.
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Yep I know my Coticule pretty well :)
I have an 8x3 Select Grade Coticule backed with slate it is my second one the first was a 6x1.5 Extra Extra Fine stamped vintage Coti with a BBW back..
I have no clue what vein the Vintage was from and I doubt anyone could honestly nail that down..
The Select is at least 8 years old from Howard at the Perfect Edge originally, it has no inclusions or marks, it doesn't matter how fast it is, I use two different Slurry stones if I ever want to produce a cutting slurry and both are softer than my stone .. I have no clue what Vein it was from I doubt there were vein names when it was mined..
It is very hard and very fine, I use it 99% of the time as a final finisher on Sheffield steel, it comes in after the razor is fully shave ready either on the Norton 8k or the Henckels (naniwa) 8k.. I do about 20 Pigtail strokes with a light slurry made from a dmt 325, and then I dilute out over the next 20-25 X stokes ending up with clear water and light X strokes...
Sometimes when I am having fun I will use the old BBW into Coticule system after a bevel set, using the same light slurry to clear water system I outlined above with both stones.. My BBW is also a 8x3 from Howard...
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My baby pictured above actually resting on the BBW