Thread: Proud New Coti Owner!

My "new" vintage Coti came in today! I'm pretty excited. Thanks Dylan! (Holi4pirating)

I couldn't wait to try it out so as soon as I snapped these pictures I set up my honing station and set to it.

I used a razor I'd previously honed with tape, but since I decided not to use tape this time I had a bit of work setting the new bevel. I killed the edge on my beer bottle and started out on the BBW side with a bit of pressure and lots of half strokes until it was shaving arm hair again. Then I started watering out the slurry until it felt as smooth as it seemed it would get. Then I switched to the coti side and did it all over again. I finished with about 100 laps under running water and some serious stropping.

I have to admit, I'm pretty impressed. This seems like one of the sharpest razors I've done yet. I won't have enough whiskers to shave until tomorrow but I'm tempted to try anyways.

It's the next day, how was that shave?

Thanks for askin'... The honest answer would be... OK. Back to the coti they go!

The edges were close.. but not quite there yet. I'm definitely on the right track...

it takes practice. if i was you i would use just bbw with milky slurry and go to yellow with water only that if you want use both sides . i'd use yellow for bevel work before blue.

other than that i use yellow only and slowly dilute the slurry. you need check out coticule.be and take a look in sharpening acadamey

Thanks Gary! I've been spending tons of time on Coticule.be. Bart's passion for these stones is amazing!

It took me months to get used to mine, now the little 4*2 replaced norton 4/8. Just get to know it.

if i were you i think the best and easiest way find out more about the stone is ask the Seller(Dylan! (Holi4pirating). He knows more then you or anyone knows about the stone.
His information will be the most important one.(of course if he tested the stone)
gl

Thanks Sham,
I think Dylan's off on holidays. IIRC read a note on his web page to that effect.

I'm having fun playing with it; the feed-back is incredible. Practice makes perfect and all....

I've taken my stubborn King Kutter back to it this afternoon. Stayed away from the BBW this time and just focused on the coti side. Lots and lots of laps. I'd love to try it out, but I just ain't got enough whiskers yet, dang'it!

Congrats on your new hone. Using slurry with any hone takes a bit of practice to get a perfect edge. Keep at it, dilute slowly and be alert to the feedback and sounds while honing. You're on the right path. With slurry it's a balancing act between removing metal fast and rounding the edge with the slurry. It can be fun if you enjoy the journey but not as reliable as synthetic hones until you get the hang of it.

Thanks Joed. I'm enjoying the journey tremendously. This stone is speaking volumes to me, I just don't quite understand yet what she's saying.
I think I'm hooked on cotis!