Thread: Coticule and what i think

Here is an old thread I posted back in November on the coticule and my experience with it up until then. What English and Gssixgun said back then is as applicable now as it was then. The Indian is more important than the arrow when you come right down to it if you get what I mean.

To dig the ground with spoon to make a grave will take some time. you will need to use shovel instead of spoon.You know what i mean.
Right tools won't hurt .

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

To dig the ground with spoon to make a grave will take some time. you will need to use shovel instead of spoon.You know what i mean.
Right tools won't hurt .

This is true!

And I guess everyone approaches their razor differently when they set out to hone, but I like to examine the edge and see what needs to be done to make it shave ready before I begin. If there is no damage to repair then I do not mind using the coticule with slurry then using the blue whetstone and then finishing on the coticule.

That is to say: if I am burying a small fish, a spoon will suffice. Maybe someday a superhone will come out that makes my DMT obsolete, but it will still retain the same usefuless today as it will then. I don't think synthetic hones take away from what the coticule can do, and vice versa. Like you say, there are simply different tools for different jobs, and it is most efficient to use the best tool, but not necessarily the only way to do it or the most enjoying way!

- Lee AKA Honesheister AKA Coticulee

I have dmt 4k 8k etc plus my blue and yellow i brought yellow first because i read you could achieve a very fine edge so i thought great one hone will do the lot I honed on yellow with slurry tpt felt great shave was bearly shavable i could'nt understand why i then did more research and found 100 laps on water made the razor shavable. then i got my self a blue and must say honing on slurry on blue straight to strop is shave ready. i keep trying with yellow slurry differant coticules but there's no dout about it the coticule with water is great for finishing and refreshing a razor.

The chap i brought my barbers shop from him and his dad before him did shaving back in there day he shown me how to sharpen and strop a razor 10 years ago and he had an old dished black slated based and yellowish top which i now no has coticule he just called it a natural stone and said all they used was very fine stones he said they sent them out to be regrowned if they needed them and he told me when i asked him they only used water i mentioned slurry and he did'nt no what i was talking about. I also mentioned pasted strop and he said yes we did and he also recalls treating leather strop with olive oil now and then. He also said it was 50 years ago since he had performed a shave he is now 78 and still cutting hair one day a week for me on my day off.

Originally Posted by gary haywood

honing on slurry on blue straight to strop is shave ready

I have shaved off of the blue but I cannot say I particularly enjoyed the shave. Finishing on even just a coticule improves the shave for me

It's cool to know you've done it!

I agree on that my point was shaving of blue with slurry was sharper than yellow with slurry i have shaved of blue many of time only after setting bevel on dmt then 4k n 8k n bbw light slurry and shave is fine no probs because blade was was sharp enough of the 8k i have shaved at each stage and if your bevel is set well enough you could shave of dmt may be a little rough but i have tryed it and your razor will shave not as smooth and not as much glide. I've just took a shave ready blade and honed once again on yeelow light milky slurry for 100 laps and result was passed hanging hair test shaved cheek area good but tash area and chin not good alot of resistants so once again slurry has droped level of keeness bart is right on he finds the same with slurry. i no if i now drop back to 4k and then 8k coti with water my razor will be back to normal.