Thread: Restoring an old Coticule

Great advice all! Can't thank you enough! Now I just need to wait for equipment to turn up and I will let you know how it all goes... With some pics hopefully!

Sorry for the delay in reply.
I have received the cheap diamond plate and as you guys warned me it has high spots and clusters making grinding impossible.
So I am on the look out for something that I can rub it on to get rid of the high spots.
I am also on the look out for wet/dry sandpaper.
Thanks for all the advice! I would have started to ruin my stone otherwise!

Originally Posted by Lenahaad

Sorry for the delay in reply.
I have received the cheap diamond plate and as you guys warned me it has high spots and clusters making grinding impossible.
So I am on the look out for something that I can rub it on to get rid of the high spots.
I am also on the look out for wet/dry sandpaper.
Thanks for all the advice! I would have started to ruin my stone otherwise!

Give it a good rubbing with a piece of steel, mostly anything will do but if you've got something that needs sharpening anyway... like lawn mover sheers.
You can use it dry with steel but they do like some water/oil, when lapping use plenty of water and remember to camfer the stone.

Success! Coticule now restored! I had a go at the BBW but it kept fragmenting so I decided to smooth over instead.
I gave up with diamond plate... Just kept scratching the surface. Ended up with the wet/dry sandpaper - also meant I could not keep the slurry.

I look forward to giving It a go on my George Butler... But first I am sending my new Wacker to Invisible edge to understand sharp. Reason being i am very new to this so despite being very tempted to do my own Wacker, I just think it would be more prudent to get an understanding of what level of sharp I need to reach, and not buggering up my first true straight.

Thanks for support all! I will continue on new topic with what I should do with the George's tiny chip.

Thank you all for your great support!