Coticule love... show off your rock

JBjunior · Apr 27, 2015

HunterBlades said:
So that guy I bought the 10" x 2.5" coti from got screwed by 1barber. They sold him a La Grise as a Veinette. Luckily for me it's a nice Grise. No where near as slow as I have heard and first try I got a prett stellar HHT.

Gonna test shave this new Filly 13 later that's finished on it.(I got scammed on my Filly/Frictionite combo. The filly is NOS but needed honing bad and the "frictionite" is really a near worthless reliance hone. So I paid top dollar for a Filly 13 round point)

My first serious non scores so far from the bay. At least my blonde horn Tally Ho came with a killer edge. I actually don't even want to touch it up.(I think that's an ebay first itself)

I called it....

life2short1971 · Apr 27, 2015

HunterBlades said:
So my first new coti in a while. I couldn't resist. He had a receipt for a 10" x 2.5" Veinette and it had a THICK coti layer so for 225 I bit. Hopefully it's a good stone as I didn't really need it, sure is an upgrade to my 8" x 1.5" or barber hone size stones though. If nothing else I got good real estate for the money regardless of it being a Veinette.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/121624026522?txnId=0
He has more pics in the listing. Let me know what you guys think as I'm terrible at guessing veins.

1barber has been selling all veins of coticules as la Veinette for a couple years now and sorry for your luck.

SliceOfLife · Apr 27, 2015

Not really bad luck. $225 for a 10x2.5" is still a good price. Just not as good luck as you hoped.

life2short1971 · Apr 27, 2015

Very true. 8x3 are $300-$400 and this stone is larger. I just meant as far as buying what was thought to be a LV at a bargain price. if wasn't la Grise I would have bought it when it was first listed. That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with them and it looks like a fine example.

mikael · Apr 28, 2015

Found another one. like the last time the seller didn't clean it so I wasn't sure what I was going to get. But I'm pretty satisfied 17,5×4,2 that's around 7×1,5inches

first is the seller's pic. Then before and after cleaning/lapping

David · Apr 28, 2015

Score!!!

zanzibarstoilet · Apr 28, 2015

impressive clean-up mikael

C FrankC · Apr 28, 2015

My very first Coti and the first razor I put an edge on using it, can't believe I got so lucky with my first Coticule acquisition. This razor shaves very well, rivals some of my J-Nat edges in comfort and is plenty keen for my beard.
Thanks Yohann!

SliceOfLife · Apr 28, 2015

Beautiful stone.

rideon66 · Apr 28, 2015

Nice LL.

Brianskeet · Apr 28, 2015

juicy looking LL!

drmatt357 · Apr 28, 2015

Mikael, I think I have a relative of that stone. ;-)

mikael · Apr 28, 2015

drmatt357 said:
Mikael, I think I have a relative of that stone. ;-)

Hey that's nice

separated by birth

you like it?

drmatt357 · Apr 28, 2015

What's not to like! Slow on water but a nice mellow edge. Yours looks harder and probably faster. How is it?

mikael · Apr 28, 2015

Actually slow on water as well. It's hard but not super hard. don't autoslurry and finished nicely and easily. I used it today after a softer and faster one. it worked really well. I think I have a good combo there.

life2short1971 · Apr 28, 2015

You can tell by the original pics that stone was likely used with oil not that it matters and also wasn't used with with a slurry stone. See lots of Thuringans originally boxed with slurry stones but never old coticules. Just an observation.

caccia · Apr 29, 2015

Another I picked up 10x2-1/4.The stone feels soft under the razor,its slow,but worth the time.

rideon66 · Apr 29, 2015

Nice Lou. Is that the other one you cleaned up? Do you use the BBW side too? That is alot of real estate to hone on.
Enjoy.

drmatt357 · Apr 29, 2015

Uh-Oh! Keep an eye on that 2.5 X 5. There may be someone who is eyeballing it! ;-)

caccia · Apr 29, 2015

Thanks.Yes, it is the other one cleaned up,which is a good hone and a little a bit harder.I have not got around to using the bbw but always had good results when I did.I like the length and it feels good to have the extra area and still be a great finisher.I have another vintage about the same size thats tough to get a great edge off of,but, its my only stone that gives me trouble,out of many.Interestingly the bbw on the longer one came with a real deep dish to it so maybe its worth trying.Story is, the long stone came from a Dutch barber.

rideon66 said:
Nice Lou. Is that the other one you cleaned up? Do you use the BBW side too? That is alot of real estate to hone on.
Enjoy.

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