Big thanks to J1mmyman and to fortunate that he is only 5 mins drive away.
Thoroughly decent chap :beer1:
Just acquired a nice coticule from him and had a good natter on honing & razors.
Anyway here's some pics..
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Big thanks to J1mmyman and to fortunate that he is only 5 mins drive away.
Thoroughly decent chap :beer1:
Just acquired a nice coticule from him and had a good natter on honing & razors.
Anyway here's some pics..
That's a gorgeous shade of yellow when whetted...like a canary.
Thanks, it has a lovely shade to it I must admit. The chap I bought it off also has a la dressante kosjer upper layer coticule which has a pinkish tinge to parts of it. I was tempted but thought the combo would be more useful. This one also has a slight salmon tinge to it when wet also. He (J1mmyman) said the Nouvelle was the better and looked like he didn't want to part with it but having a nice select bout and a Les Latneuses (beautiful hone) it wasn't too much of a strain to part with it lol.
Have you used it yet?
Nice. That has enough coticule on it to last a few lifetimes.
There are two sides of the La nouvelle layer, one is slow all around, the other is very fast on slurry and slow in water. The one I had was so fast in slurry it could turn the slurry back in 5-10 strokes. It was one of the best finishing coticules I had because of the slow polishing on water.
I've never seen one that was a BBW combo before. That's actually a great size for a coticule hone you can hold it and hone and learn the feel.
Well, I've just passed my St.&Co. sq point over it from slurry using the dilucot method (gradually adding water till clear) and even though I haven't spent as long on the clear water stage as I feel I should it has really touched up the edge of razor that was near shave ready. Several laps on a crox balsa and hair just fell off my arm.
I have to say though the razor in question is my finest shaver - starting from scratch with a fleabay special is another kettle of fish and one I'll try when I've got more time.
I did quickly pass my Klas Tornblom over the bbw using the bbw side of the slurry stone (nice sized stone as well) which produced a lovely brambly/redcurrant coloured slurry. It's getting there.. not quite shaveready but not far off.
Yorkie,
Nice looking coti :)
I wish my La Verte was as nice looking; it's kind of cement gray/green colour with purplish-brown splodges !! Hones like a champ though :)
Have fun !
Best regards
Russ
Now, that is a nice looking Coticule. Reminds me of the Selected grade we use to buy. Nice score.