Thread: Hone of the Day

Yesterday's honing, R. Bouyges, Albi (France), 6/8, on 'La Nouvelle Veine' coticule, standard dilucot followed by lots of linen (and leather), excellent!

+ family photo (my coticules):

- top row from left: 'La Verte' x 2 (glued to slate); 'La Nouvelle Veine' (natural combo with BBW); 'Les Latneuses' hybrid (2mm of yellow coticule on the other side) - all from Ardennes Coticule.

- bottom row from left; glued to La Lorraine; natural combo with BBW; glued to BBW; glued to BBW - all ye olde stones from flea markets or trades.

Very happy with them except for Les Latneuses and the orange bout where I feel I haven't yet really cracked the code....(surely my fault, not the stones!)

Originally Posted by MichaelS

Yesterday's honing, R. Bouyges, Albi (France), 6/8, on 'La Nouvelle Veine' coticule, standard dilucot followed by lots of linen (and leather), excellent!

+ family photo (my coticules):

- top row from left: 'La Verte' x 2 (glued to slate); 'La Nouvelle Veine' (natural combo with BBW); 'Les Latneuses' hybrid (2mm of yellow coticule on the other side) - all from Ardennes Coticule.

- bottom row from left; glued to La Lorraine; natural combo with BBW; glued to BBW; glued to BBW - all ye olde stones from flea markets or trades.

Very happy with them except for Les Latneuses and the orange bout where I feel I haven't yet really cracked the code....(surely my fault, not the stones!)

Never tried a coticule but they look desirable
Nice collection.

Newly acquired grelot. Razor appeared already sharp, 30 passes on my 5”x2”x1” awesome coticule seems to have done the trick (bevel free of any rust/pitting, nice mirror polish). Will test shave tomorrow

A few more over the weekend back out Monday.

Originally Posted by BeJay

I got this Henkels a few years ago in an eBay lot. I finally pulled it out and cleaned it up today. It was butter knife dull so I started with a DMT325. Then Chosera 1k and Nani SS 4-8-12 and finished on my Nakayama Kiita.

Prettty Kiita!!!!!

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

Today my vintage Les lat coticule came in unexpectedly. I lapped it and polished it. Took a razor that was shaving well and did water only strokes until the feedback told me to stop. Smooooooth. Can't wait for the shave later!

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Hey quick question, where did you get your coticule? Do you prefer that over a good Ozuko Asagi JNat?

Originally Posted by Kkeeton53

Hey quick question, where did you get your coticule? Do you prefer that over a good Ozuko Asagi JNat?

There is a member here from France that regularly sells coticule on eBay. That is where it came from. I have never used a Japanese natural as i find them about as interesting as a box of nails.

Coticule are harder to find a good one... That finishes very well. Worth the effort though.

Originally Posted by Kkeeton53

Hey quick question, where did you get your coticule? Do you prefer that over a good Ozuko Asagi JNat?

Hi

I have noticed that you are asking a lot of questions about the best finishing hone. There really is no best finishing hone. Try reading through a few threads asking the same question before
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ing-stone.html
http://straightrazorpalace.com/hones...ne-planet.html
http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...ater-only.html
There are many more but these will get you started.
First and foremost though is use your naniwa 12k like others have said until you can get consistent great results then worry about all the other hones.
Good luck

It was time for a touch up on the Shepherd. So I did a total Suita touch up. The karasu is so silky yet the densest heaviest stone with no su. So I started with that and the Shinden tomo. Then onto the Ozuku Suita which is really hard like ivory, but much lighter than the Narutaki karasu. I think the tomo is Okudu that I finished with. Then some light laps under running water.

These pair of Revisors come in every year without fail about this time for their annual honing, just goes to show how long a well-maintained pair of razors can last without honing if they are stropped and looked after correctly.