Thread: Cleveland Nicholas. Honing issues and coticule issues

Hello fellow straight razor loonies. Extremely new to this place. But needed somewhere to start when i bought a razor and a few stones. I feel my biggest issue is honing itself. Might be the cheap razor i bought as well. I own a gold dollar straight i bought for 40 ish bucks. Figured i would get trained up on honing before i get myself a nicer razor. I restored one razor already, an imperial blade that is extra hollow. I shined it up nicely and put new scales on it. I also bought a norton 4/8k stone, a welsh slate stone which in my opinion was a waste of money. But it is a 30 dollar stone. And a very very small coticule. I feel as if i get a smoother edge off a coticule then the norton. The stone i have is 4 1/2 inches long and like 1 1/4 inches wide which to me is a pain in the ass to hone with. I am thinking of just selling my norton and just investing in a decent sized coticule from the superier shave and just do one stone honing with it to save myself the hassle of having tons of stones. I am looking for another coticule which is hopefully bigger. Please keep me updated on where to find one and honing advice.