Thread: What comes first? Coticule or Blue Belgian

I voted the Belgian blue first.. but that depends on whether you need to reset the bevel or not and if you have a DMT-E or not...

But off course you could use a coticule if you like to...

sooo many options... I need more razors to try them all..

Maarten

I don't do anything yet, because I don't have my BBW and Coticule. I expect them to arrive today or tomorrow.

In anticipation of that event, I have honed 2 blades I bought off Ebay on my DMT 1200 to get the edge where I want it to be. They are in very good shape.

Since I have read through "the Coticule Chronicles" and "One Coticule Honing", I do have a plan to experiment. The first trial will be to progress from the BBW dry, then wet. The coticule dry then wet. I intend to use tape on the spine. Then strop and shave with each.

Next I want to try something I call an inverted pyramid (it seemed to work with other hones). I would use the Coticule and the Chinese 12K each with just water. I would start by doing 5 strokes on each, then decrease it by 1 each round. The idea is that each has a slightly different scratch pattern. By using both, each might polish out the scratches by the other. Leaving me with a blade more polished than previously.

Next I will add another layer of tape and then proceed to make a double bevel using the coticule with water. Strop, shave and see what I like or even if I notice a difference. Essentially, I am evaluating the double bevel with the coticules scratch pattern against the 2 prior.

Then, if I haven't thoroughly confused myself, I will do an inverted pyramid (starting at 3 due to the shorter surface) with the Chinese 12K and coticule (just water).

Up to this point, the best shave I have had has been on a French frameback and finishing with an inverted pyramid on the Chinese 12K and the Apart hone (single bevel).

Once I have decided which of the coticule methods works best for me. I will go back and compare to the frameback. Then I will probably try the coticule method on me second frameback blade and compare.

That ought to keep me busy (if not out of trouble).

Typically, I go from my 1K to the BBW with slurry to BBW with water to coticule with water, but that's just because I find it to be easier to set bevels on the 1K most of the time (I tend to work with fuller grinds; if I'm working on a full hollow, I might use the coticule with slurry instead of the 1K).

Coticule > BBW > Coticule. This is my beginning with hones, 4 months ago, and I like it.

Can't wait to find out about it!

I went coticule and slurry for bevel- BBW for keenes--Polish on coticule with water.

Now I just use my coticule for the whole honing process.

I use coticule with slurry dilute down if shave is good leave it there if not i go bbw s/ then yellow water to refresh coti with water if i drop back it would be bbw/yellow as i no from barts new method coticule including double bevel worked very well for me.