towliff
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I want to share a humbling experience I had last night with my coticule. Im no experienced honer, with very limited success on dilucot, and still struggle a bit with the unicot. Last night however, gave me some great insight into my coticule - #29 in the vault. Its a difficult stone to use as its very narrow, im still getting used to it.
In the process of finishing off a unicot in which I was struggling to reach even a violin on the double arrow, using my very thin blonde hair (tis a nightmare for HHT on the double arrow - which is why I like it!). After a quite a substantial amount of laps, I noticed that when the stroke was right, the sound of the stroke was different, and the feel too was different, almost as if there was more abrasion than before - like the blade was clinging a bit. At this point it felt as if the blade was noticeably sharper, so I gave the HHT a try and Voilla, HHT 3 across the entire blade. My best HHT on the double arrow to date fresh of the rock.
Cant comment on the shave at this point, as I finished it with crox and let my housemate use it this morning!
Suffice to say, the experience with the "new" feedback I achieved from the stone was very humbling and enjoyable.
I hope to recreate it again soon.
Best Regards,
James
I want to share a humbling experience I had last night with my coticule. Im no experienced honer, with very limited success on dilucot, and still struggle a bit with the unicot. Last night however, gave me some great insight into my coticule - #29 in the vault. Its a difficult stone to use as its very narrow, im still getting used to it.
In the process of finishing off a unicot in which I was struggling to reach even a violin on the double arrow, using my very thin blonde hair (tis a nightmare for HHT on the double arrow - which is why I like it!). After a quite a substantial amount of laps, I noticed that when the stroke was right, the sound of the stroke was different, and the feel too was different, almost as if there was more abrasion than before - like the blade was clinging a bit. At this point it felt as if the blade was noticeably sharper, so I gave the HHT a try and Voilla, HHT 3 across the entire blade. My best HHT on the double arrow to date fresh of the rock.
Cant comment on the shave at this point, as I finished it with crox and let my housemate use it this morning!
Suffice to say, the experience with the "new" feedback I achieved from the stone was very humbling and enjoyable.
I hope to recreate it again soon.
Best Regards,
James