Thread: Is my Yellow really a Yellow?

These are all three Coticules. Actually the very first three that I ran comparative tests on, by honing up 2 groups of 4 Double Arrows (all razors from the same batch). The middle one comes form Ardennes Coticule, the top and bottom are picked up at abandoned mining sites. For finishing, there is very little difference. On the first test we finished a DMT-E / Belgian Blue progression with 100 laps on one of those three. The fourth razor, we left unfinished, for the sake of bare comparison. NO differences showed up in the shaves, that were performed blind (not blind-folded). We were only able to identify the unfinished razor. Later on, during another test, the bottom one was found to produce a slightly keener result when a sencondary microbevel whas created, by adding three layers of tape and honing a few laps on either one of those. That hone has a glassy surface.

Based upon how your pictures show up on my screen, I'd say that you're more without a real blue, than without a Coticule.

Bart.