There's an antique shop near me, so for fun I bought an F.W. Engels "Dictator."
I had no idea what I was doing. I just bought a coticule from Jarrod over at the Superior Shave.
I started out just polishing it, from 80 grit sandpaper all the way to 5000, then a rag and brasso.
I figured at that point might as well practice some X strokes. Ive heard of setting a bevel on a coticule, but I was kidding myself. I knew that wasn't going to happen.
Took out some 400 grit 3M sandpaper, and tried to set a bevel for kicks by setting a burr on one side with half strokes, then the other side, then x strokes to remove the burr.
Couldnt believe it. The Bevel was entirely set. Shavef armed hair, cut tomatoes with no pressure, thumb pad test, all of it. So I figured I would do x strokes on my 1.5k grit sandpaper--that went well. Then I went to my coticule and tried some horrible dilucot method (read: failure-cot). But I took the coti under water and did circles until I felt resistance, then repeated with just the weight of the blade. Then i finished on the coticle with dish soap.
No hanging hair test, No tree top cutting, but I figured if All I did was set the bevel, then for the hell of it just shave with it.
Did a one pass, no nicks, weapers, irritation. Not the best shave, but it got the job done. Cant believe my first hone on a restore junker went so dam well.
thanks B and B!
Im wondering if I should just sell the coti and hit the lapping film HARD (money is tight when it comed to grooming). Or just keep the coti and learn it. Either way, I was blown away. Amazing what 30000000000 hours reading honing threads can do.
I had no idea what I was doing. I just bought a coticule from Jarrod over at the Superior Shave.
I started out just polishing it, from 80 grit sandpaper all the way to 5000, then a rag and brasso.
I figured at that point might as well practice some X strokes. Ive heard of setting a bevel on a coticule, but I was kidding myself. I knew that wasn't going to happen.
Took out some 400 grit 3M sandpaper, and tried to set a bevel for kicks by setting a burr on one side with half strokes, then the other side, then x strokes to remove the burr.
Couldnt believe it. The Bevel was entirely set. Shavef armed hair, cut tomatoes with no pressure, thumb pad test, all of it. So I figured I would do x strokes on my 1.5k grit sandpaper--that went well. Then I went to my coticule and tried some horrible dilucot method (read: failure-cot). But I took the coti under water and did circles until I felt resistance, then repeated with just the weight of the blade. Then i finished on the coticle with dish soap.
No hanging hair test, No tree top cutting, but I figured if All I did was set the bevel, then for the hell of it just shave with it.
Did a one pass, no nicks, weapers, irritation. Not the best shave, but it got the job done. Cant believe my first hone on a restore junker went so dam well.
thanks B and B!
Im wondering if I should just sell the coti and hit the lapping film HARD (money is tight when it comed to grooming). Or just keep the coti and learn it. Either way, I was blown away. Amazing what 30000000000 hours reading honing threads can do.
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