Thread: Belgian yellow coticule

Another thing: sometimes I think it's worth it to lightly chamfer the edges of a stone before lapping it. IMO this helps to prevent breakage at the edges.

Then when you're done lapping you can chamfer the edges properly.

Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave

The 8k side of the norton and the coticule have a bit of a different feel to them, but you should be getting better results off of the coticule than the 8k...Perhaps you are just not used to the feel of honing on a coticule. As the others said, pictures would help

But if it's lapped properly, the coticule surface should feel pretty damn smooth. If you look at my coticule, http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...-coticule.html, the surface may not look entirely smooth because of the patterning on the surface, but it's REALLY smooth. So I'm thinking that it's not lapped smoothly enough, how much pressure are you applying when you lap it?

That's a real shame about a piece falling off of the stone...there must have been a natural fault/crack in it already.

Dave

You are right it is beutifull! I have an order in for Howard as well.

How many laps are you doing on the coticule? With water?