Thread: Finishing on a Coticule

I use my Coti as a "Finisher" nearly everyday

I restore razors about 50% of all restores are the older Sheffields and I have grown very fond of the final edge that my Select Grade Coti leaves on them..


Chosera 1k 5k 10K to set the bevel and refine the edge

The Coti sequence at that stage is pretty straight forward since the edge is already "Shave Ready" now it is just a matter of imparting the final "Feel"

Light Slurry for about 20 laps to bring in the Coti feel then dilute out for about another 20 laps

Strop and done...

Easy Peasy if you are starting at shave ready

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

So where does the coti figure in all of this?

I normally go to my BD, but just want to revive some of my cotis, and curious how others finish on them.

I must confess I do not use the coticule that often. I will if e.g. I have razor that is resistent to the Thuringen hones mentioned above. Very hard steel razor benefit from the garnets in the coticule. Slate has a Mohs scale hardness of 3-4 and garnet's hardness is 7.

BTW what is a BD?

Originally Posted by Kees

I must confess I do not use the coticule that often. I will if e.g. I have razor that is resistent to the Thuringen hones mentioned above. Very hard steel razor benefit from the garnets in the coticule. Slate has a Mohs scale hardness of 3-4 and garnet's hardness is 7.

BTW what is a BD?

Thanks for clarifying.

It is a Barber's Delight Escher.

My BD is in semi-retirement. It has an almost intact label that I do not want to destroy. I have a similar colour Hohenzollern and Escher without the Yellow Green labels that are at least as good as the BD.

Ditto on the 1-4-8k ( or the equivalent ) and finish on the coticule. Usually water only. I don't do that often but when I do that is the routine. On occasion I might use a coticule in touching up a razor, and in that case I might use slurry ...... or I might not. Sort of depends on my mood, on my early results. I've done one stone honing on occasion but not for many moons. Can't say I'll never do it again, but at this stage of the game I have no desire to. Good thing about the honing game, once you know how, there are many variables and you can try this and that and see how it works for you.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Ditto on the 1-4-8k ( or the equivalent ) and finish on the coticule.

Is that the coti we traded?

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

Is that the coti we traded?

Some of the time. I have a few. There is a feel to a coticule finished edge that I am sometimes in the mood for. As Gary Haywood once remarked, Eschers and synthetics are 'crisp', coticule edges tend to be gentle. (not the exact quote, paraphrasing )

Seal the label that remains to the side it's on with varathane.
Worked well for me, and others. If you want to save the label and still use the BD regularly .
Cheers.

I like to keep it as is. I occasionally use my BD with little water, label hardly ever gets wet and if so I dry it very carefully.

A lot depends on the quality of your particular coticule. They vary tremendously especially over the time they were mined.

At one time it was the best finisher I had so I used it exclusively and it gave a very nice edge indeed. These days I use my Escher or Gomokyu 20K much more however I still use the coticule now and then.

Really, if my others disappeared tomorrow I'd be happy with the coticule as my only finisher.