Nice! I got the stamped sister hone he was he was selling with this one. the "barbers special"
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Nice! I got the stamped sister hone he was he was selling with this one. the "barbers special"
Nice stone!
@ drmatt: that's a nice stone too. What was your progression on that blade?
Thanks
@ drmatt: that's a nice stone too. What was your progression on that blade?
Thanks
Nice stone Scag. Is it 4x2 as well? Keeping the stamps?
I went to 5k on my Shapton then just plain water on the coti. No slurry at all and finished with a little soap. I could have went from 1k but for the sake of time, I went to 5.
Well, a few years back I happened across a coticule that was a first for me. It was a 10x2.5 that I would say was "not razor grade". I got it on eBay, tried a few different things, decided it wasn't worth my time trying to work out, so I sold it for a loss. It's actually in another members hands now, and he's gotten it to give him shaving edges; but I always regretted not getting to figure that stone out because I got rid of it so fast.
Well, I've gotten another one. Also 10x2.5", and while it looks nothing like the first stone, matches it exactly in use. I've had a couple shaves off it now, and I can safely say that within my realm of capability, this stone will never produce an edge the quality of what the majority of coticules will on a razor. I doubt it's a coincidence that these arguably lower grade coticules were found in larger slabs. But most importantly, I'm able to determine at least partially what accounts for these differences.
The first is one of my favored vintage coticules, the second an Ardennes bout that is VERY slurry-dulling and pressure sensitive on water, and the third is this stone, which is the second Coticule I've encountered that I would say would not have been sold as a razor hone. It's a beveling coticule.
Well, I've gotten another one. Also 10x2.5", and while it looks nothing like the first stone, matches it exactly in use. I've had a couple shaves off it now, and I can safely say that within my realm of capability, this stone will never produce an edge the quality of what the majority of coticules will on a razor. I doubt it's a coincidence that these arguably lower grade coticules were found in larger slabs. But most importantly, I'm able to determine at least partially what accounts for these differences.
The first is one of my favored vintage coticules, the second an Ardennes bout that is VERY slurry-dulling and pressure sensitive on water, and the third is this stone, which is the second Coticule I've encountered that I would say would not have been sold as a razor hone. It's a beveling coticule.
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I have one of these choice hones. I didn't have to lose the stamps thankfully. Mine is very hard and slow by nature. High refinement capability, not huge amounts of feedback.
Is that from a freshly lapped stone?
go ahead, say it, i dare ya, say it.....
*puts down seraphim's pot-stirring spoon and sits back to watch*
Haha. I'm not trying to stir anything up. Simply an observation that I thought was interesting.
I knew you weren't. (that's why i WAS....)
Doesn't matter to me one way or the other. I can see how some stones with no stand out features would be impossible to identify, but I don't necessarily agree that just because its a vintage that you absolutely can not identify it just because someone said so years ago. I've read at least once where Maurice identified a vintage.
But, we've beat this horse to death and at the end of the day it just doesn't matter.
Beautiful stone!
Wow that one is a beaut!
Thanks guys!
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My first two Cotis and both are Bout 9 Les Latneuses YaY !
Nice looking stones! Have fun with 'em.
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