Thread: Ever wear out a coticule or slurry stone?

I just tried using the edge of the slurry stone to raise a slurry. Wow!
Not only does it raise a slurry faster, but there's also no annoying stickage.

But... it's also pretty clear that the slurry making cut more of a bevel into the edge of the slurry stone, thus confirming to me that they do wear.
I guess it's time to talk to Rich about getting a few more slurry stones.

I wonder if the slurry stone you have and the coticule are from 2 different slabs and with different hardness? from your description it seems to me that the slurry stone is softer.

FWIW, I've never put appreciable wear on a slurry stone be it a coticule, thuringan or what have you.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Yes Kevin, from my experience creating slurry with the rubber flat on the hone is more difficult because of more friction/stiction than I get when I began doing it as the Norton instruction suggest and use the edge of the rubbing stone. One of those try it you'll like it deals .... or you won't and you'll do it however you do like it. Many roads to Rome.

Ah a sure an easy answer.

makes good sense.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I wonder if the slurry stone you have and the coticule are from 2 different slabs and with different hardness? from your description it seems to me that the slurry stone is softer.

They are definitely different slabs. The slurry is a richer yellow with a bit of a salmon tone to it. Beautiful color, and I wish I had a big coti like it.

The other coticules I have are more of a pale yellow or grayish yellow color, depending on the stone. Based solely off of the ones I own, the grayer or darker yellows seem to be harder and are slower cutters but better finishers. The lighter colors and more saturated colors seem to be faster cutters.
But... That's just my VERY limited experience with the few stones that I have.

Just IME, I rarely use slurry on a yellow coticule. I would if I were setting a bevel but I prefer to do that on a 1k naniwa or a 1k norton. I always use slurry on the bbw and when I use that stone I always finish on a yellow coticule. Maybe that is why I've not worn my yellows with the slurry stone. Again IME you can set a bevel on a coticule with slurry but it is an experience that I don't care to repeat with the other alternatives at my disposal.

There is only one I use for bevel setting. It is a fast cutter. None of the others come close to replicating the speed at which it cuts.

I have a 1k/3k Naniwa waterstone combo. Lately though on the razors that need a lot of work I go from a Nani SS 400 to the yellow coti. If they don't need that much work, I just start on the coti with a slurry. It seems to cut as fast as the Naniwa 1k waterstone does.

(the above pretty much sums up my quest for another coticule that cuts the same; I know it's out there somewhere...)

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Just IME, I rarely use slurry on a yellow coticule. I would if I were setting a bevel but I prefer to do that on a 1k naniwa or a 1k norton. Again IME you can set a bevel on a coticule with slurry but it is an experience that I don't care to repeat with the other alternatives at my disposal.

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I was going to type the same thing, I realize that the whole "One Stone Thing" was cool and all but, if yer actually honing multiple razors I just don't see the advantge at all..
I very very very rarely drop below a 1k Norton unless it is serious restoration... I know you guys know this but "slurry" is not a dirty word on other stones, I have finally just now reached the end of my Norton 220/1000 on the 1k side, that is after over 3500 razors mostly restores and yes I do use a slurry on that too...
Another neat trick is using a slurry on a 4k Norton for those razors that are in good shape but still need a bevel re-set... This can be done on the Naniwas or the Shaptons too...
Yes, slurry works on just about every stone I have tried it with, and my Norton 1k is way cheaper than my Yellow Coticule..

What do you use to build slurry glen?

I have been playing around with using my BBW/Coticule slurry stone, but a credit card dmt seems like it may work better.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

+ ONE
I was going to type the same thing, I realize that the whole "One Stone Thing" was cool and all but, if yer actually honing multiple razors I just don't see the advantge at all..
I very very very rarely drop below a 1k Norton unless it is serious restoration... I know you guys know this but "slurry" is not a dirty word on other stones, I have finally just now reached the end of my Norton 220/1000 on the 1k side, that is after over 3500 razors mostly restores and yes I do use a slurry on that too...
Another neat trick is using a slurry on a 4k Norton for those razors that are in good shape but still need a bevel re-set... This can be done on the Naniwas or the Shaptons too...
Yes, slurry works on just about every stone I have tried it with, and my Norton 1k is way cheaper than my Yellow Coticule..

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I realize that the whole "One Stone Thing" was cool and all but, if yer actually honing multiple razors I just don't see the advantge at all..

Thanks for the input Glen. For me it's not about using one stone. In fact, I even use two different coti/bbw's in my honing progression, and still finish on a C12k then CrOx. It's just about what seems to work the best for me.

*I'm not in any way trying to be resistant to the wonderful advice that's been offered by everyone that knows what they are doing, and I'm definitely not saying I know something that all of you don't... I just know what works best for me. I'm not even 100% sure why it works the best; I just know that it does.

But that does bring to mind something Glen and I talked about in the chat one night... Time for a new thread.