Thread: Help with choosing my next coticule

+1 to all that's been said so far. I have several coticules and love em all but they would not be my first choice for a beginner. I would suggest a 4/8 Norton to start than once you get the fundamentals down branch out from there. Not sayin, just sayin!

Start a new thread in the honing forum. It doesn't make sense to put these questions in the midst of a thread on which coticule.

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So back to the coticule issue, like I said I really enjoy my friends coti. It just feels so smooth and it cuts like no other with slurry, and at the same time it makes such a nice finisher.

I think I'm getting the idea that good coticules are few and far between, and the chance of me getting a stone that acts just like my friends is going to be next to impossible. I'm not sure if I want to go through 20 stones before I find the perfect stone.

I keep reading a lot about eschers, and I've never honed on one before but it sounds like a lot of people really enjoy them.

Would it be easier for myself to find a good Escher over the coti?

I don't think I have ever heard of a bad "labeled" Escher. I'm sure you know, but if you don't, Eschers are thuringian stones. I've had several Eschers & even more thuringian stones pass thru my hands and they all have been very nice, I prefer a yellow/green one. Thuringian stones are not for honing, only finishing.

Whenever I want a new coticule I ask Howard at thePerfectedge.