TM280
Well-Known Member
I thought I'd share some information about my newest hone, and ask for some input.
This is one of the pieces of raw coticule that I picked up at the mine on Saturday. I think it was immensely generous of Maurice to let us pluck what we wanted. The whole experience was a bit overwhelming, in a fantastic kind of way.
This was a densely layered somewhat flat piece of rock: red, yellow, blue and greenish grey. And hard.
What it became is a roughly 50 mm x 124 mm x 25 mm hone (that would be 9 x 2 x 1 inches...), plus a sizable piece that will become a bout large enough to hone razors on. It weighs in at 900 grams.
The coloring is mainly pinkish full of yellow dots, what I would call a blush, with some green-grey sparkly tones. The layers are grey, dark purple and spotted pink.
This is a hard hone, little audible feedback, ok slurry generation. I believe it is fast on slurry: grey after the first half set of 30 half strokes, close to black after two sets of 30 half strokes. But the length may be giving a cutting advantage, I will know something more accurate after I test the bout.
Slow on water with a silent, glassy feel but a surprisingly pleasant draw. I honed up the razor in the pictures dilucot, going a little slow with the dilution. Fantastic results in usability. Before dilution, cutting arm hair well above the skin. Clear edge keenness refinement through dilution. I may have gone a little fast since I was getting a 2-3 HHT after water laps. Went back to some half strokes on water, then about sixty light x strokes and was at a spotty 3 HHT. After a good stropping it was a solid 4-5 HHT. Very little effort in my opinion.
The shave was very good, perhaps a bit crisp for me. My first thought was that I could get exceptional keenness off this hone but may want to do a little finishing on another afterwords. Maybe not...
Bart: Could you give me your thoughts on layer possibilities? By comparing to your information in the vault I though that color wise, and perhaps it's cutting speed, it could be a La Dressante, but the green grey figuring and layers makes me think of Les Latneuses.
Here are the pictures, the razor I rescaled last month (in bone) for size comparison. No real color change when it is wet actually. I am having trouble with my lighting so I hope the details are clear enough. (the colors on my monitor look fairly accurate, though the yellow appears more green in the post than in real life)
Hope you like it.
regards,
Torolf
before
next two are wet
This is one of the pieces of raw coticule that I picked up at the mine on Saturday. I think it was immensely generous of Maurice to let us pluck what we wanted. The whole experience was a bit overwhelming, in a fantastic kind of way.
This was a densely layered somewhat flat piece of rock: red, yellow, blue and greenish grey. And hard.
What it became is a roughly 50 mm x 124 mm x 25 mm hone (that would be 9 x 2 x 1 inches...), plus a sizable piece that will become a bout large enough to hone razors on. It weighs in at 900 grams.
The coloring is mainly pinkish full of yellow dots, what I would call a blush, with some green-grey sparkly tones. The layers are grey, dark purple and spotted pink.
This is a hard hone, little audible feedback, ok slurry generation. I believe it is fast on slurry: grey after the first half set of 30 half strokes, close to black after two sets of 30 half strokes. But the length may be giving a cutting advantage, I will know something more accurate after I test the bout.
Slow on water with a silent, glassy feel but a surprisingly pleasant draw. I honed up the razor in the pictures dilucot, going a little slow with the dilution. Fantastic results in usability. Before dilution, cutting arm hair well above the skin. Clear edge keenness refinement through dilution. I may have gone a little fast since I was getting a 2-3 HHT after water laps. Went back to some half strokes on water, then about sixty light x strokes and was at a spotty 3 HHT. After a good stropping it was a solid 4-5 HHT. Very little effort in my opinion.
The shave was very good, perhaps a bit crisp for me. My first thought was that I could get exceptional keenness off this hone but may want to do a little finishing on another afterwords. Maybe not...
Bart: Could you give me your thoughts on layer possibilities? By comparing to your information in the vault I though that color wise, and perhaps it's cutting speed, it could be a La Dressante, but the green grey figuring and layers makes me think of Les Latneuses.
Here are the pictures, the razor I rescaled last month (in bone) for size comparison. No real color change when it is wet actually. I am having trouble with my lighting so I hope the details are clear enough. (the colors on my monitor look fairly accurate, though the yellow appears more green in the post than in real life)
Hope you like it.
regards,
Torolf
before
next two are wet
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