Bart
Well-Known Member
Gentlemen,
I've added the data about n°51 to the Vault. Less than 10 minutes later BluntOtrauma already made the reservation.
This one is currently the Last of "Les Latneuses". If I have any saying in it, this one will be a Burton Series.
To my eyes, this one is a true beauty: It has an almost translucent pinkish overall hue, with more yellowish dots of varying width and a few straight lines in the same color. It gives this hone the appearance of an interstellar nebula. a few manganese traces run in almost perpendicular direction, like comets passing through. And then there's these beautiful red lines, telling a story of their own. That's how the Creamy side looks. It's impossible to catch on a picture, but I've tried anyway:
[img=900]http://www.coticule.be/tl_files/barts_pics/n%C2%B051-detail.jpg[/img]
[img=900]http://www.coticule.be/tl_files/barts_pics/n%C2%B051-front.jpg[/img]
As you know, the Les Latneuses don't have a BBW, or slate backing, but they have a "hybrid side". I can't describe it. Here's the picture:
[img=900]http://www.coticule.be/tl_files/barts_pics/n%C2%B051-hybrid.jpg[/img]
On these Les Latneuses, I originally only tested the Creamy side, but on hones like this one, it's impossible to talk about an upside and a downside. It would be absolutely unjust to favor one side over the other.
The creamy side is Fast, with a capital F. It's acts pretty much the same like L#3, that you can see working on water in this
Like all Les Latneuses, it has a very nice feedback and draw, as if there a magnetic force that helps keeping the razor stable on the hone (I even checked one of the Les Latneuses: it turned out just an appearance, and not a real magnetism).
This is an excellent hone for doing touch-ups, dues to the abrasive speed on water only. The edge of the creamy side is "engaging".
The hybrid side is a bit slower, but still above average for speed. There's a different feedback. It offers a glass-like sensation, with a fains hint of fine abrasion. Slurry dulling is minimal. You could shave right off (thin) slurry on this one. Finished on water, the edge qualifies as "mellow".
Kind regards,
Bart.
I've added the data about n°51 to the Vault. Less than 10 minutes later BluntOtrauma already made the reservation.
This one is currently the Last of "Les Latneuses". If I have any saying in it, this one will be a Burton Series.
To my eyes, this one is a true beauty: It has an almost translucent pinkish overall hue, with more yellowish dots of varying width and a few straight lines in the same color. It gives this hone the appearance of an interstellar nebula. a few manganese traces run in almost perpendicular direction, like comets passing through. And then there's these beautiful red lines, telling a story of their own. That's how the Creamy side looks. It's impossible to catch on a picture, but I've tried anyway:
[img=900]http://www.coticule.be/tl_files/barts_pics/n%C2%B051-detail.jpg[/img]
[img=900]http://www.coticule.be/tl_files/barts_pics/n%C2%B051-front.jpg[/img]
As you know, the Les Latneuses don't have a BBW, or slate backing, but they have a "hybrid side". I can't describe it. Here's the picture:
[img=900]http://www.coticule.be/tl_files/barts_pics/n%C2%B051-hybrid.jpg[/img]
On these Les Latneuses, I originally only tested the Creamy side, but on hones like this one, it's impossible to talk about an upside and a downside. It would be absolutely unjust to favor one side over the other.
The creamy side is Fast, with a capital F. It's acts pretty much the same like L#3, that you can see working on water in this
Like all Les Latneuses, it has a very nice feedback and draw, as if there a magnetic force that helps keeping the razor stable on the hone (I even checked one of the Les Latneuses: it turned out just an appearance, and not a real magnetism).
This is an excellent hone for doing touch-ups, dues to the abrasive speed on water only. The edge of the creamy side is "engaging".
The hybrid side is a bit slower, but still above average for speed. There's a different feedback. It offers a glass-like sensation, with a fains hint of fine abrasion. Slurry dulling is minimal. You could shave right off (thin) slurry on this one. Finished on water, the edge qualifies as "mellow".
Kind regards,
Bart.