D'oh. Tossed a coticule... What are they?

[WilliamIam]

My dad had a drawer full of random tools, including one yellow and black-brown sharpening stone.
It never seemed like the other sharpening stones we had, it was glossy and not porous. I never used it or asked about it, and.... whups.

I just read some about coticules.... Looks like that's what it was! And I'm pretty sure it got tossed when my mom moved 9 months ago.

Oh well! Would have been a bad move to keep it when I had no use for it, that's how people wind up with 6' stacks of newspaper in their living room.

From the posts I saw, Coticules are more versatile than multiple single-grit stones, but not take more laps. I don't want multi-page replies, but if I were to maintain my own razor(gold dollar) and maybe try to restore one from a swap meet, would a coticule be up to both of those? I'm assuming the razor is actually straight, not warped.

Thanks,
Will

 

[English]

Probably.

 

[FiveOhNine]

Yep.

 

[richmondesi]

A coticule will certainly work for that assuming you don't have any chips in the edge (for which a lower grit hone is needed - meaning at least a 1k stone). Coticules certainly do take more laps to get a razor ready though... no question about it, but I can still hone with a coticule in about the same amount of time as using my synthetics... Check the link in my signature for all the information you could hope for on coticules prior to buying one. Good luck, Sir!

 

[Hawkeye5]

Indeed, chips are almost always present on flea market, yard sale, and eBay razors. Removal of these chips with a coticule will take forever and a day.

The low cost, and effective, solution is a DMT 325 grit. That is what I have been using to remove chips and set bevels.

Might be too large a jump from the DMT to a yellow coticule (some, but not all consider the coticule a finishing stone), but it may be possible with a combo blue/yellow stone.

 

[richmondesi]

Indeed, chips are almost always present on flea market, yard sale, and eBay razors. Removal of these chips with a coticule will take forever and a day.

The low cost, and effective, solution is a DMT 325 grit. That is what I have been using to remove chips and set bevels.

Might be too large a jump from the DMT to a yellow coticule (some, but not all consider the coticule a finishing stone), but it may be possible with a combo blue/yellow stone.

Given judicious use of slurry, a coticule can do everything from setting the bevel to finishing (water only). The thing is that you have to know what you are doing with it to achieve these results. It's not hard, but it takes knowledge

 

[WilliamIam]

Very nice, thanks for the replies.

We'll see about it after I tell this place to hire me today