Thread: I love you belgians!!

Hey all,

I'm so excited, I had to post this RIGHT after I shaved. I just received my natural belgian combination stone today, and HAD (note the pun) to try it out. I have a razor, a boker king cutter, that I honed using my nortons, and being only an amateur honer, didn't get the best result. It shaved, but not very smoothly. I have shaved with professionally honed blades, so I know how it should feel.

This was a was an ebay special razor, and used as practice for my honing, so a natural choice to try my new stone out! Anyways, I took this razor and gave it about 40-50 laps on the coticule side with water only, then stropped it on the linen about 30 times, then about 100 on the leather. By the end of it the bevel was exceptionally shiny and smooth, much better than right off my norton 8k. All I have to say is WOW!! It was like velvet sliding along my face!!! Such a difference.

I got a really narrow stone, 1 1/4" by about 6", and it was wonderful to use. I really liked using the narrow hone, especially since the blade I touched up had a slight warp to it. Just wanted to share my wonderful experience with you all. For anyone considering getting a coticule, GET IT! Plus it's nice to use a stone that barbers used to use, a real vintage old-school feeling about it.

Dave

p.s. Getting a nice shave off an ebay razor that used to be covered with rust that you cleaned up and honed completely youself is an amazing feeling.

Way to go, Dave! That's awesome. You've got a leg up getting used to honing on narrow hones from the get go. As you've seen, they're one of the great ways to effectively hone imperfect blades. I am one gent that has yet to see a perfect blade. I hear they're out there though.

Chris L

Great job, Dave! That's awesome! It really is the best feeling ever when you can take a butter knife and make it so sharp it shaves you face!

You've climbed another rung on the straight razor ladder.

Mark

Way to go Dave! And yes, that first junky razor will always have a special place in your collection, mine sees more use than any of my other razors just because it was my *first* as well as it has become my testbed razor for new hones, pastes and strops as I don't worry about ruining it.

You're not the first to discover that the coticule takes you to a whole new level of sharp, my coticule did the same for me and a couple of other gents I know... there's just something about those coticules.

Regards

Christian

Originally Posted by kaptain_zero

there's just something about those coticules.

Really? I always thought it was a myth ...

Dave, I'm really happy that you like your Coticule!
Good luck with your further shaves!

Thanks guys .

I've been thinking about which other razor I should bring to life with the coticule now!

Happy shaving to all,

Dave

It really does feel great to bring one back from the dead!

congratulations!



-Rob

Well done Sir, we know where to take our butter knives too now

this is how NEW LOVE starts NOrton 4/8k, belgian ......................................some oil stone (which you will spend 10 times more money then your first stone) and finally HONEY STOPS SPENDING =FIGHT and God knows if it's ends up.
WElcome and enjoy with this lovely trip.