Thread: Where to buy coticule in Belgium

Right, I'm off to belgium tomorrow, and, as the title suggests I may well pick up a coticule while there. Does anyone know anywhere I can buy one in either Brussels, Ghent, Bruges or around Charleroi? I'm under the assumption that it'd be cheaper to buy one in the source country. Any help is appreciated

2 places I know: the quarry: http://www.ardennes-coticule.com/engels.htm

And this shop in Antwerp: http://www.shaving-and-razor-shop.com/NL/index.htm

I got mine from the quarry, if you ask Mr Celis, the owner, he'll show you round and direct you to the quarry across the road in the hills.

I bought mine from the quarry, it was cheaper than the prices on his price list. Bring your razors and he'll start telling you how to hone!
He's got some nice vintage coticules with a good story as well.

Excellent, Thanks

ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll meet you there, Alan!!

(...you wouldn't mind a little company, now, would you DE - we'll behave, won't we Alan?...)


-whatever

-Lou

I bought mine from the shop in antwerp.
The proprietor is a friendly man, and they also do 2 hour honing courses for 15 euros.

The prices are OK, but I had to unlearn almost everything I learned that night.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I bought mine from the shop in antwerp.
The proprietor is a friendly man, and they also do 2 hour honing courses for 15 euros.

The prices are OK, but I had to unlearn almost everything I learned that night.

What kind of things did they teach you, Bruno?

Chris

Originally Posted by elbonator

What kind of things did they teach you, Bruno?

Chris

-1-2 minutes on the yellow is all you need to make a razor shaveready.
- use red paste after the yellow coticule (red paste is coarser than yellow, so this doesn't make sense)
- the primary purpose of a linen strop is to clean away any red paste that might cling to a razor.
- keep the strop hanging slack when you strop. ditto for loom style strops. if you use a wooden paddle strop, draw the razor across the side of the paddle.
- if the edge of a razor is even a bit damaged, you have to let it be reground before you can use it again, or throw it away.
- using a blue stone is almost identical to a yellow if you use a yellow rubbing stone.
- use the TNT to determine if the edge is shaveready or not.
- lapping a stone is not necessary (at least, he never mentioned lapping)

And I am probably forgetting a couple of things.
Still, it got me started. And admittely, if you never let a razor get dull, a couple of minutes on the yellow is all you need.

Bruno,

Wow, that's a lot to have to unlearn. At least I know who to blame for all the things I had to unlearn--me!

Josh

Damm Did they start the course by saying this is a course on how not to sharpen a razor!!

I agree, there's a lot of questionable material there. The whole red paste thing makes me think they don't quite know what they're doing and they're just handicapping themselves. I'd be interested to what kind of edge they wind up producing. It'd be interesting to try it.

Regards,
EL