Aquanin
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone. I've been honing for a while now on synthetic hones. Finally got my first coti last week and I have been reading this site like crazy. Thank you to Bart for putting all of this together.
So, I honed up my first couple blades and this is definately a different beast. My 1st try was actually pretty good but when I look at the edge under a microscope it looks jagged compared to my edges off Norton/C12k/Crox. Shaved surprisingly very well, no irritation whatsoever. Could have been a little smoother though.
Last night I honed up a 'junker' Dovo Best like this: Set bevel on Norton 1k to make sure there were no edge problems. Then started the half strokes on the Coticle with slurry and continued to dilute every 15-30 strokes. Then finished with 100 or so light laps on water. Really, really good edge this time, not perfect in some spots under the microscope. I would say HHT-4, HHT-5 in some spots. It was cutting my wife's very fine hair which usually means I am going to get a good shave with this one tomorrow.
Any idea why I am getting some areas of jaggedness? (almost like small amounts of micro chipping) Too much pressure? Needs more time with heavy slurry?
Thanks again. I feel myself already getting addicted to the way the edges feel off the natural stone vs. the synthetics.
So, I honed up my first couple blades and this is definately a different beast. My 1st try was actually pretty good but when I look at the edge under a microscope it looks jagged compared to my edges off Norton/C12k/Crox. Shaved surprisingly very well, no irritation whatsoever. Could have been a little smoother though.
Last night I honed up a 'junker' Dovo Best like this: Set bevel on Norton 1k to make sure there were no edge problems. Then started the half strokes on the Coticle with slurry and continued to dilute every 15-30 strokes. Then finished with 100 or so light laps on water. Really, really good edge this time, not perfect in some spots under the microscope. I would say HHT-4, HHT-5 in some spots. It was cutting my wife's very fine hair which usually means I am going to get a good shave with this one tomorrow.
Any idea why I am getting some areas of jaggedness? (almost like small amounts of micro chipping) Too much pressure? Needs more time with heavy slurry?
Thanks again. I feel myself already getting addicted to the way the edges feel off the natural stone vs. the synthetics.