After 480.000 million years + one week the coti arrived yesterday.
First of all : As I have nothing to compare with, I know nothing about speed etc.
It measures 150*40*10 effective mm and has a few red and orange stains. The surface is very smooth and almost glass like with weins almost looking like hard wood..Ìt`s got some small white dots looking like tiny bubbles of air caught in the surface. I took a good look at the coti vault and the one looking the most like it is number 21.
It does take quite some time to build up good slurry but again I don`t know if thats normal.
Offcourse I had to try it out right away and the results were as expected..the edge became more dull than it was before
![Roll Eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This was (trying to hehe) using dilucut methode. Tried again using the progressive methode and managed to shave with it..not a good shave but better than expected.
It will definitely take time to learn using a coti as it is very different from artificial hones,but thats part of the fun:thumbup:
A few hours later:
Now I`ve honed 3 razors and things are improving. Slurry seems to build up better and the hone is more agressive. And it leaves the edge mirror like:thumbup: It`s got a really sweet sound when honing..just the right swoooshhh or more like a swissssshhhh
Had some worries about the width of the stone but that`s really not a problem - You were right again Bart - and the 150 mm length is enough to get a nice drag at the entire edge of the razor.
So all in all...I`m a happy honing guy!