Thread: What a day! Barber shop Score!!!!

I'm telling you when I saw that and he told me 20 bucks a piece I took my money clip out faster than you can say, "whaaaaaa".
It was pretty cool chatting with the guy. I'll pay him a visit next time I'm in the area and maybe get a haircut.

So, is it a coti? or a nortonsomething?

awesome scores, you made out like bandit! Looks like a Coti to me

Originally Posted by daverojo77

Here are a couple more pics of the hone
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That indeed looks like a Belgian Coticule. The bottom half appears to be slate and used only to give the brittle Coticule some support not for actually honing. As for the top half lap it and off you go. Truly you got a score today. I would have been happy with this hone only let alone the razors! You sir have

Edit: If you are looking for information on how to use a coticule go to coticule.be, Ardennes coticule or search the forums there are lots of people who use this particular type of hone. Some love it other say its a niche hone. I am just learning how to use one myself. There are many videos as well on the net. Hope this helps.

I'm truly turning into a collector and this shaving hobby is consuming me. My wife and I go to a lot of B&Bs and then we drive around from antique store to antique store. Now I know I need to look up some barber shops along the way. My own barber had a Filarmonica and was willing to let it go for a hundred bucks. that tells me that barber shops are the way to go. A hunting we go!
As for the stone Coti or not I'm going to use it!

Nice grabs

What I have also learned from reading posts is that the older cotis are more favorable. Either way I'm happy as pig as crap. it's all about the hunt. I just tried the Filarmonica and it pops has already. I'm going to finish it on this stone and see what kind of shave I get. I'm going to hold off though and read up on cotis and techniques and stuff before I start honing though.

Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER

That indeed looks like a Belgian Coticule. The bottom half appears to be slate and used only to give the brittle Coticule some support not for actually honing. As for the top half lap it and off you go. Truly you got a score today. I would have been happy with this hone only let alone the razors! You sir have

Edit: If you are looking for information on how to use a coticule go to coticule.be, Ardennes coticule or search the forums there are lots of people who use this particular type of hone. Some love it other say its a niche hone. I am just learning how to use one myself. There are many videos as well on the net. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by daverojo77

What I have also learned from reading posts is that the older cotis are more favorable. Either way I'm happy as pig as crap. it's all about the hunt. I just tried the Filarmonica and it pops has already. I'm going to finish it on this stone and see what kind of shave I get. I'm going to hold off though and read up on cotis and techniques and stuff before I start honing though.

The filly looks mint and may be a factory edge. The coti may need lapping, so I would be a bit wary of trying to finish an edge on it just yet, especially the filly.

Good advice I'm in no hurry I have a coupe other razors to practice on. thanks!

Originally Posted by Grazor

The filly looks mint and may be a factory edge. The coti may need lapping, so I would be a bit wary of trying to finish an edge on it just yet, especially the filly.

Don't think that an old coti is better than a new. It's just more likely that all the old cotis that were bad got junked and thus you can't find any rarely. Of the new ones there are really good ones and really weird ones too. I have several vintage cotis and none of them are better than one of my newer ones.

I think the backside on the Coti is a Belgian blue, and while not so fast or fine as the creamy goodness, it IS a serviceable hone. If it laps a purple/red slurry, its Belgian, if its grey, its slate.