Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by outback

Never posted here before, so bear with me.


I'm quite happy to find a place for this rock in a progression, and that the heavier grinds like it too.
Funny... Haven't read much about this stone hear, doe's anyone still use them?

Why yes Mike I do use my Trans Ark which is Washita-ish for my Dovo. It is a unique unto itself great shave. I use WD/40 for lube, this makes the only oilstone I have, its a keeper for sure. Great post here my friend. Keep them coming.

Originally Posted by ultrasoundguy2003

Why yes Mike I do use my Trans Ark which is Washita-ish for my Dovo. It is a unique unto itself great shave. I use WD/40 for lube, this makes the only oilstone I have, its a keeper for sure. Great post here my friend. Keep them coming.

Thanks Johnathan. I've used with oil to water before, but after meeting Nelson and Lynn, they gave me a couple things to try at the meet up. The glycerin is a neat trick on these stones, and pushes it to its limits. Reminds me of years ago, when all I had was a single stone. It was my grandfathers,passed onto my father, then to me. They told me then to oil first, then water. Even though it isn't a razor quality stone, I learned how to tweak it out, then strop with compounds. It was a sufficient edge, but nothing compared to with what I can achieve now with the proper hones.

I just finished up honing a Genco "Fluid Steel" and it was a bit of a success for me so I thought I would share about it here. This was a flea market razor and it had a flea market edge to begin with. I have been learning, practicing and familiarizing myself with several different coticules since the middle of last summer. Here I wanted to just set a bevel with a 1k and then use only the coticule with the "dilucot" method after that.

I've had some success with this method before before but it just felt great to nail it on the first try here. I had a couple days growth so I just did a test shave and it was oh so very nice. Something about just using one little stone to get a great shaving edge is so satisfying. And it had that wonderful coti feel where the edge knows the difference between skin and beard. My 2 cents about coticules is that they are worth every bit of the learning curve.

Vintage natural combo coticule with a "new" slurry stone along side the Genco.