Thread: Help with a coticule size please?

Synthetics are easier for fully honing a razor, but any good finishing stone will be able to keep a razor sharp for a long time. I say get the coticule. I think you'll like it. You can always buy a Norton 4/8 or a Naniwa 3/8 later if you decide you want to start learning how to hone. Learning honing strokes on a higher grit stone will help when you want to move down to the coarser stones, too.

I think it's a little small for a "starter" hone. 35mm width will need a lot of downward travel over a short stroke in order to hone the whole blade with an x stroke. You will have 1/2 or less of the razor on the hone at all times, especially at the end of the x. It is hard to keep a blade flat on a hone this size, and a see-saw motion can result. My coticle is 150x40 verte and I have had mixed results, partly because of its small size

Michael

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the helpful responses. This its the coticule, I ended up buying. Its about 225mm X 34mm.

I spoke to him, and he said he'd bet his life, that its a La Veinette. And if he has to chose for himself, this would be the one, in my price range, and need. He was berry helpful to deal with as are all of you. He also has a video on youtube about honing with coticule bouts, and he uses the coticule I just bought in the video. Its at the 2:25 counter mark...http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop...uqEt8OZo&gl=US



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Nice and none of your attachments work.

Yes the newspaper trick is a remarkable saver to a razors edge in my opinion it keeps me from having to hone a lot more then I should. It's basically like stropping just put it on the edge of the door and strop on the the newspaper

Originally Posted by matt789

Nice and none of your attachments work.

I just tried them on my computer and they seem to work fine.

Here. Ill try again

The 2:25 mark shows the coticule I bought...http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop...uqEt8OZo&gl=US

I didn't realise it tapered off to a point, might make it a bit more difficult. Seems like its got a bit of BBW mixed in? if it does I would say thats an advantage. My coticule dries up very quickly, don't know why but, it just does, and my BBW keeps water like a camel (you'll find out if you do one stone hone with it, letting it go dry is a big no no) less slurry dulling, but when I finish it finishes better letting the water dry up a bit... see what I mean about being temperamental?

well done on your purchase its a very nice looker

Originally Posted by justalex

I didn't realise it tapered off to a point, might make it a bit more difficult. Seems like its got a bit of BBW mixed in? if it does I would say thats an advantage. My coticule dries up very quickly, don't know why but, it just does, and my BBW keeps water like a camel (you'll find out if you do one stone hone with it, letting it go dry is a big no no) less slurry dulling, but when I finish it finishes better letting the water dry up a bit... see what I mean about being temperamental?

well done on your purchase its a very nice looker

Being that its so long ( over 220mm), can't I cut it down before it tapers, so that its more of a rectanular shape, and use the end bit as a slurry stone?

Originally Posted by Chefbaze

Being that its so long ( over 220mm), can't I cut it down before it tapers, so that its more of a rectanular shape, and use the end bit as a slurry stone?

I would not worry about cutting it down (not sure what tools you would need to do that properly), it should work fine as is. If you don't want to use the whole stone then just stop your stroke early.

Originally Posted by heavydutysg135

I would not worry about cutting it down (not sure what tools you would need to do that properly), it should work fine as is. If you don't want to use the whole stone then just stop your stroke early.

Aha! That makes sense..I was just thinking that it would wear the stone down unevenly, no? Again I'm a noob, so I don't know much about this stuff

Thanks for your help