Thread: Coticule chronicles

Don't quote me on it, but I think as they go deeper and deeper into the mines, the properties of the rocks change - that makes sense to me, but I'm not geologist.

It makes sense though.

Originally Posted by Gunner777

It makes sense though.

Yer, I can't remember where I read it. Certainly my vintage and new BBWs are quite different in terms of the density of the garnets. There is probably quite a great variation in that still today. The coticule sides are different colours, much deeper yellow on the vintage.

Originally Posted by Gunner777

Gary,
I use water only as the finishing step in using the Coticule side. It works well for me. I'm wondering out loud now if the properties of the Naniwa 1000 in setting the bevel has any bearing on how well the BBW/Coticule works later???

I finish water on coticule but when i have used yellow with light slurry to refresh it just does'nt seem to give me an ultra sharp edge i can get a shave able edge. I brought the yellow coti bout first thinking its all i'd need i'd been using norton 4k/8k then kitiyama as finishing hone along with some fine paste. When i first got my bout i used it on a shave ready razor i did 20 laps slurry then 20 laps water and i tryed it on a client at my barbers shop who comes in for a shave every week. The razor pulled instesd of shaveing i could'nt believe it so i did another 20 slurry 25 water stropped and it pulled even worse so i finished of shavette perma sharp blade. I then started posting on srp and bart recomrended i did 1oo laps on water only and to my surprismant the razor was shaving again. But not as sharp as i'd liked. Since then i relized my slurry was too thick and this did'nt help in fact it was dulling my good edge. so if i raize a slurry i always keep it very milky or even misty. since then i have brought several natural combos and there great for touching up and minor honing but from start to finish i get better edges if i stsrt with 4k/8k or 5k 8k naniwa. But you carn't beat the feel of the bbw/coti.

Very true I noticed that after I cleaned this one up that it did appear to be a darker yellow than the newer ones. Denser concentration of Garnets maybe?
That may explain why this one using slurry cuts so well.

Bumping this thread because of all the good info in it.

Wondering if anyone is still playing with honing dry on the coti as part of a progression.

Maybe Slurry, water down slurry, dry, water, lather. Or something similiar.


Also, Has anyone honed many razors using the Ross Cutlery Method?

Not really doing anything using the dry Coticule just following the usual BBW then Coticule and finally the Japanese natural.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Bumping this thread because of all the good info in it.

Wondering if anyone is still playing with honing dry on the coti as part of a progression.

Maybe Slurry, water down slurry, dry, water, lather. Or something similiar.


Also, Has anyone honed many razors using the Ross Cutlery Method?

I have been using a Coticule with slurry, 8k, Coticule dry, then a 16k Shapton, followed by pastes. Works very well. I think the dry Coticule is about 12K but is somewhere between the 8K and 16K.

Later,
R

i experimented a bit tonight.

Bevel reset w/ Naniwa 1k
BBW w/ slurry , then dilute down to water
Coti Dry->coti wet->coti w/ lather

Unfortunately i have no idea where i set that razor down at.... So i will test it tommorrow night

I didn't like the dry coti bit I tried, I'm extreamly happy with just plane water.