Thread: Just when you think it's over..

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

Now from my experience I'm not going to try the dilucot/Unicot methods with this coticule as that hasn't been consistent for me in the past with other specimens for different reasons but I will go 1-4-8 and of results are outstanding off the 8 and I mean fully shave ready then I will finish on the coticule. This will purely be a finishing stone.

I have never gotten the hang of linking posts so I'll ask the question again.

What are some of the ways you finish on a coticule after a 1-4-8 progression??

5 strokes like Lynn?

50 like Bart?


For those of you that did shell out for a les lat, would I finish on the coti then switch to hybrid for the final strokes?

Thank you,

Sincerely,

- former coticule user, then abandoner, soon to be user again.

I tend to do 30-50, probably closer to 50, but it's a rough count. 30-ish seems to be enough, in general, but if your stroke is consistenly good 50 or 150 for that matter won't do any harm. 30 seems to be the for a good coticule finish.

About switching sides for the final strokes: I don't see the point in that. I have a Les Latneuses (a rectangular bout size 9), had another before that I traded, and I have switched between mottled and yellow in all possible manners and never noticed a distinguishable difference in shave feel or quality. None. Zero. The mottled ("hybrid") side is no finer than (either of) the regular yellow side(s), and not significantly slower - just a bit. It is mainly just harder and prettier.

5 or 10 seems a bit on the low side. And I'm not sure I shelled out for my current Les Latneuses: 7x12 cm, and I paid around €85 for it. For technically two perfectly functional hones I consider that a bargain rather than a steep price.