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12-03-2011, 05:08 PM #1
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I recently purchased a 6 x 2 inch Coticule and slurry stone. When I develop a slurry and attempt to hone a razor the swarf doesn't seem to darken very much compared to all the videos I've seen on Utube. However the small bout that I purchased as a slurry stone responds much faster and darkens quicker when I stroke a knife across it. I've done it on the larger stone with a knife as well,but the small stone is quicker. Could the larger coticule be too slow a cutter because I'm haveing difficulty using it to hone my razors. Or is is "the nature of the beast" I've tried a couple of different methods to hone with it mostly out of curiosity. When I run a small pocket knife that is very sharp across the smaller stone it leaves black marks on the stone whereas the larger one doesn't seem to make those marks.....
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12-03-2011, 05:13 PM #2
If the stone won't cut fast it may be more suited to finishing than sharpening. Some are fast and you can see gray swarf in a dozen or less strokes. It may be that the stone you've gotten is of the slower polishing variety.
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12-03-2011, 06:48 PM #3
Just because it's slower doesn't mean you can't use it for sharpening. Your laps on the slower coticule in slurry will take longer that is all, no big deal....
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12-03-2011, 06:54 PM #4
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12-03-2011, 06:58 PM #5
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Thanked: 13236I have said this before and actually been quoted on it too but here is a truisum...
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12-03-2011, 07:12 PM #6
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Thanked: 1587Except in a romance guys don't talk to other guys about how fast or fine she is.... That is as far as I am taking that analogy.....
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12-03-2011, 07:14 PM #7
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12-03-2011, 11:06 PM #8
Well if you own a 4/8K then yeah, why would you even bother? LOL.
I like sharpening on all different kinds of stones..that's the hobbiest in me. If I was honing for a bunch of people as a Vendor the 4/8K would be my go to hone every time...
I do really love that stone!
That being said a slow coticule is very good as a finisher. I owned a few Green ones, they're known as the La Verte layer and they were all very hard and slow stones but the finish was great.
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12-03-2011, 11:36 PM #9
I've got a long green coti from Mike in South Africa. Very slow and leaves a fine polished edge. I've noticed the ones with pink hue or pink areas tend to be fast. At least IME. Than again, I've got one that came in a Droescher box that is the color of a white eggshell and it is bad to the bone for fast and fine.
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12-03-2011, 07:58 PM #10
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Thanked: 0It appears that I've been able to get an edge after much work. You know by one of those methods Glenn sings praises about. Anyway I'll give it a shave test and see how it feels. Yup the Norton 4/8 k is much easier.
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