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

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

It's such a strange thing. I agree that any coti can finish - and if you have a stone, any stone, and commit to it, it's surprising the edge you can get. But if you think, ah maybe it's not the best, the result seems quite different.
But there's no denying some are more fun to use than others.

Are you using them as a finisher or one stone?

How many have you gone through to find the "one"? The "Alpha-Coti" The "one Coti to rule them all"

After 3 coticules I found my one.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

Are you using them as a finisher or one stone?

How many have you gone through to find the "one"? The "Alpha-Coti" The "one Coti to rule them all"

After 3 coticules I found my one.

I haven't done a lot of honing recently. I've been a little too stressed for it. Perhaps one day in the future I will be able to get back to it.

To talk about the past I've been using them as one stone, and finishers for a while. My first one came from the perfect edge via Gary about 6 or 7 years ago. It is a good stone, 5x3 and easy to use. When I got it I was able to maintain my razors on it, but I didn't have the understanding of how to hone ebay specials so after a while I went into synthetics. I then went the Thuringian way, just thinking one day I might go back to them. That day came a few months ago and the first thing I noticed was they had multiplied. Instead of one I had ten, lol.

I can honestly say, like everyone else, you could use any one of them for a one stone or a finisher. My personal favourite is the little rose rock 4x2. It's definitely not the best one, but I connect with it and find the size really easy to use (elipticot). It only cost about $30 so I find more satisfaction in getting a good edge out of it over the more expensive ones. I would really love to get an Old or Deep rock of the same size one day.
At present all my rotation have gone from bevel to finish on cotis. What brought me back to them was 1. understanding, and 2. simplicity of just one hone to prepare my razors.
In terms of finding a great one, page two of this thread covers that: http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...i-lap-not.html

As an interesting aside, I think the G20k (with 1/3k rubber) is a better one stone hone, lol, but for whatever reason I just don't really care for the edges off it anymore.