Thread: Just sold my trusty Coticule :(

Every year I go through my collection and have to decide which are keepers and which will have to go in order to make my wife happy (even just temporarily as new one will come soon into those gaps in boxes.
On the other hand who needs 10 CFs, another 5 Thuris, Cotis etc?

I've had quite a few coticules come and go. I've sold some but I'll never sell all of them. To me the coticule is a romantic stone with a great history. I also like the finished edge off of some of mine some of the time. Not as fine or , as Gary Haywood calls it, 'crisp' as my escher , but I like to hone some of my old sheffields on the stones that they were probably honed on some 200 years ago.

There are some slate deposits within 120 miles of me, I'm tempted to try some out.

They're all just your doctor's way of telling you that you have too much money.
(now I'm ducking)

Originally Posted by rodb

There are some slate deposits within 120 miles of me, I'm tempted to try some out.

What are you waiting on?
Want me to send you some gas money?
Those could be future Minnecoti's just lying there.

Originally Posted by DaveW

I would've kept the stone until I needed the money, too. Sometimes not having what you'd consider to be a valuable mediocre novelty stone (my words, not yours, but words I use for a stone that I use for a stone that I keep around because it's pretty and not because I'd use it to restore a razor) around just leads to buying another mediocre novelty stone since you couldn't remember what it was that led to selling the first one in the first place.
That's all OK if the whole exchange of medicore expensive novelty stones leaves you cash plus when you're done, but it usually just ends up costing more after paying for shipping and all of the fees, etc.

I'll admit that I sold the thing for 20 bucks less than what I originally paid for it, and then the ebay fees selling it back...but its replacement only cost 70, so I'm still up a couple hundred, thankfully. I like your "mediocre stone exchange" idea, and maybe some day I'll have owned enough that I'll forget what I had, but I don't foresee that happening, as my interest in this hobby is looking down the hill from the top of a bell curve - not saying I'll ever bottom out, but I feel that I own every damn razor that anyone would ever want, and the only thing that still interests me is exotic wood scales and certain jnats, of which I'll never buy, until stones carry more weight with me than Mercedes

Originally Posted by Vasilis

I would like to think of myself as a naturals stones guy. And C12ks are slow, but the edge is nice. A 30$ stone and 80 passes or a 600$ stone and 60 passes? What are you willing to spend for a legendary stone?

I say there is a happy medium between the two, and to find it you need to talk to Alex Gilmore, and get a $150 J-nat that takes 30-50 passes

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I've had quite a few coticules come and go. I've sold some but I'll never sell all of them. To me the coticule is a romantic stone with a great history. I also like the finished edge off of some of mine some of the time. Not as fine or , as Gary Haywood calls it, 'crisp' as my escher , but I like to hone some of my old sheffields on the stones that they were probably honed on some 200 years ago.

That describes it - the romantic aspect of it is what I like. I wanted only one - just a prime example of a coticule, just so I could have one. But the one that I had, the pretty one, is not the best honer IMO. I've had 2 - the first one was kind of narrow and backed with glued on slate - but it was an aggressive cutter and left a great shaving edge. I sold the thing because I wanted an 8x3 coticule with natural bbw backing. it is then that I learned that not all coticules are the same...

Originally Posted by sheffieldlover

I sold the thing because I wanted an 8x3 coticule with natural bbw backing. it is then that I learned that not all coticules are the same...

If you've got a good one and want to try another, always keep what you have until you're sure the new addition is better than the one you have. That is what I try to do anyhow.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

If you've got a good one and want to try another, always keep what you have until you're sure the new addition is better than the one you have. That is what I try to do anyhow.

That is a luxury that I cannot afford at the moment - as it stands, selling refurbished straight razors on ebay helps pay the rent, lol. $300 rocks are hard to justify these days...