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I think I finally got a good edge from a coti!
Ever since I started honing (which hasn't been that long yet), I've always been intrigued with coticules. I purchased one from a member here (Disburden, if memory serves me correctly) and then bought another from eBay. I played with the first coti for a while, but shortly after receiving the second coti, I purchased a set of the WHIGs that are being sold on eBay and quickly proceeded to forget about the cotis.
I decided to take a razor back to the stones today, and when I was getting my hones out, I saw the second coticule and decided it was time to give it another whirl as a finisher. I started with my Nortons, working from the 1k to the 4k to the 8k. After the 8k, I used my DMT325 to raise a little cutting slurry on the coticule and proceeded doing 25 x-strokes and then diluting with a single drop of water. Another 25 x-strokes and another dilution.... This went on for about 8 or 10 dilutions (maybe more, I didn't really count). I rinsed the stone and then went another 50 x-strokes on just plain water. Then, I rinsed again and put three drops of glycerin on the surface of the stone and added water until it was the consistency of hot cooking oil, and 50 more laps. After 75/100 linen/leather, this thing is "topping trees" like a BAMF. I may have found this stone's sweet spot! I'll let everyone know after the test shave, which is scheduled for tomorrow morning!
I've included links to pics of the coti. I'd like to hear from some of the coti guys which vein they think this one might have come from. It feels a lot harder than my other coti, and it pretty quick on slurry.
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