garyhaywood said:
while i have neither of those, i just got a la vainette just 3 weeks ago maybe 4. Also i have just got a la grosse blanche, which are renown for the mellowist edges. I shaved of lv and it was smooth. i did 50 laps on lgb, and to be fair i could not say there was any if much differance. Just a very nice edge still. we had this discusion just the other day. most of us seem to think there is very little differances. the differance is in the honers hands, or how the edge turns out on that particulr honing, not the hone its self. Amaxed out coti edge will be smooth either way.
gary
Full agreement.
Let's put it this way: several of our members (inluding myself) own more than one Coticule. I'm sure we all agree that there is difference between these hones. I am equally sure that we will also agree that these differences primarily translate into differences in feedback, speed, ideal honing routines. But I
do not believe that there is any Coticule owner that can recognize his Coticules by shaving blindly with the edges they produce.
I also think that, inspite of all precautions, the three designations "brisk, engaging, mellow" are, Paul was right with an observation he made a couple of days ago: some read the those 3 objectives as good, better, best. Perhaps even as keen, keener, keenest.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Kind regards,
Bart.