Thread: My coticule just arrived!

After months and months of pining for a hone, I won this guy from Ebay. I have watched the coticule honing video and I'm going to try my hand at it. I'll post the results, good or bad

Good luck! What size is she?

Its 6 inches by 1.5 inches. I'm convinced the hone is broken. I tried to set a bevel on two razors and didn't have any luck. Despite having never honed a razor before, I'm positive it can't be me and my (lack of) skill

Originally Posted by Jonah

Its 6 inches by 1.5 inches. I'm convinced the hone is broken. I tried to set a bevel on two razors and didn't have any luck. Despite having never honed a razor before, I'm positive it can't be me and my (lack of) skill

Hi Jonah,

I went down the route of a coticule bout for my "one stone solution". I learned different methods but mainly tried the unicot method. Itwas hard work and if I'm honest a bit demoralising. Setting a bevel was just too difficult, so I ended up getting a King 1k/6k combo. Bevel set but I've not been able to get that super smooth shave I've got on other razors honed by people who know (i.e Neil Miller)

A friend of mine was recently in the US, so got him to bring me back some Naniwa's (1k, 3/8k and 12k) plus a DMT325 as the prices are almost 40% cheaper than here in the UK. I can't wait to try them out this week as I think you can learn a lot easier on synthetics than naturals.

I look forward to the day when I can gauge what grit my coti is and then use it appropriately.

Good luck with the learning curve.

Ok Jonah I just about spit coffee with that one,,,

Looks like ya found a nice hunk o rock there,

Originally Posted by Jonah

Its 6 inches by 1.5 inches. I'm convinced the hone is broken. I tried to set a bevel on two razors and didn't have any luck. Despite having never honed a razor before, I'm positive it can't be me and my (lack of) skill

That's a good one!

Jonah,

Nice stone. Coticules take some time to learn, and each is different. Now, just looking at yours, it looks like a hard stone to me, and better suited for finishing. A slurry will aid in honing. As far as setting a bevel goes, The best of luck to you. I normally break down and grab a 1k.

Don't try to set a bevel right off the bat. If you have razors in need of a touch up, I'd try that first. Start small. Learn the stone. There are some tests you can do to see how your stone performs, like scratching the surface to check it's hardness. A good visible scratch is a soft stone, and nothing visible is a hard stone. This test makes more sense when you handle several Coticules. Also, creating a slurry, and doing some backstrokes to see how quickly the slurry darkens. This will help you gauge your stones capabilities. This is best with an old razor.

Good luck to you.

Rich

As Zib already posted above not every coticule is good for one stone method. I also use my ones in conjunction with synthetic 1000 stone.

1k Bevel-Setter here too....I got into coticules hoping to do "one stone honing", but I've found that it's much more easy to set a bevel on a 1k then it is on a coticule. Not that it can't be done, it just takes a while...

Nice stone, btw!!

Nice stone!!

I use a bevel setter as well, it just takes to long with my coticule. If it has a natural blue coticule backing, you can use that as well for honing. With practice you can get a really great edge from a coti.