Thread: New level of sharp, Belgians, no more moles

I just finished honing my razors on the Belgian I borowed from my friend. It has nice cutting action, and seams to work rather quick... My razors were all in shavable condition, so I gave them about 20 laps on the Norton Yellow, and some 20-25 on the coticule. I tryed the natural blue bond too, it just looks brownish-dark bluish-maybe-some-violet-and-red color to me... It doesn't look too coarse... I will shave and report tomorow...



The crack at the end is from my friend's son playing with it, and it runs with the grain of the stone, both blue and yellow...

Nenad

One thing to remember guys. A coticule is like any other tool. Each razor has it's own personality and many may work great with a coticule and some may present as more difficult with it. I try to use mine exclusively, but sometimes still need to resort to other measures. Experimenting with an Escher now. Have fun. Lynn

Nenad,

What a beatiful collection. I still like the clear scales very much. They are really nice.

Originally Posted by adjustme69

One thing to remember guys. A coticule is like any other tool. Each razor has it's own personality and many may work great with a coticule and some may present as more difficult with it. I try to use mine exclusively, but sometimes still need to resort to other measures. Experimenting with an Escher now. Have fun. Lynn

Have any of you tried the blue coticle? I have one. How does it compare to the norton 4k? I know the yellow coticle is a bit finer than the norton 8k.

I was thinking of setting up a system of hones.
1. Norton 4K
2. Blue coticle
3. Norton 8k
4. Yellow coticle.

Am I wasting my time or does this sound like it has some merit?
jmsbcknr

Thanx Rich, that's my new Henkells, Ill have to find better camera for the pics...

I shaved with three of my newly Coticule honed razors, and too tell the trouth, didn't noticed much diference over the Norton 8000 edge... Maybe I made less passes than needed, maybe I need to hone my honing skills, I don't know. Will try some more... The Norton seams to cut faster than the Coticule, though...

Nenad

In my limited experience the blue belgian is a very slow cutting 4000 grit. To use both the blue and the Norton 4000 would just be redundant. A better idea would be to use the Norton 4000 to remove nicks and establish the bevel but after that just use the blue Belgian in a pyramid. There would be less of a chance of overhoning.

Just experimenting,

Originally Posted by jmsbcknr

Have any of you tried the blue coticle? I have one. How does it compare to the norton 4k? I know the yellow coticle is a bit finer than the norton 8k.

I was thinking of setting up a system of hones.
1. Norton 4K
2. Blue coticle
3. Norton 8k
4. Yellow coticle.

Am I wasting my time or does this sound like it has some merit?
jmsbcknr

I have found the Blue Belgium to be more in the range of about a 6000 and I agree, very slow cutting. I have given mine away as I really did not find much value in using this stone. Lynn