Yes, I like to hone while listening to some vintage jazz. The Ellington Trio is awesome. Art Blakey's Jazz messengers too. Keith Jarrett's "The Köln Concert" has given me lots of excellent edges. :):):)
I knew it would not be long before someone would comment on the music. Cheers for that.
Funny that you mention that. The Coticule was lapped when I got it. But it is one of my most used stones, and before I started shooting the video images, I eyeballed it to check if it looked flat enough. I know it can't possibly be in perfect true anymore, but it's not as cupped as it looks during the first shots in the video. I guess the lens of my camera is playing tricks here. When checked with a ruler, that hone looks perfectly flat. When checked with a pencil grid on a lapping plate, I'm sure it would not be that flat. I haven't noticed any loss of functionality, though.
Bart.