Hello everybody,
Just making this thread to sort of document my first attempts at honing; for myself, and others. I attached the pictures of my coticule which I just received in the mail, maybe some of you will know more about it from the pictures. The slurry stone was bought separately, for reference. For bevel setting, I purchased an king ice bear 1000 grit hone, as I feel as this would be an easier addition than trying to set the bevel on the coticule. I have been doing quite a bit of research on the coticule belgian.de website to help familiarize myself with the basic methods of honing on a coticule, even though I am sure it is not as easy as it looks.
My only issue this far concerns the bevel setting. On the coticule website, many people mention honing with tape on the spine to get a certain angle for setting a correct bevel. On this site, and many others, I have seen no tape used in this manner on the bevel setting. Is this necessary? Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.
Just making this thread to sort of document my first attempts at honing; for myself, and others. I attached the pictures of my coticule which I just received in the mail, maybe some of you will know more about it from the pictures. The slurry stone was bought separately, for reference. For bevel setting, I purchased an king ice bear 1000 grit hone, as I feel as this would be an easier addition than trying to set the bevel on the coticule. I have been doing quite a bit of research on the coticule belgian.de website to help familiarize myself with the basic methods of honing on a coticule, even though I am sure it is not as easy as it looks.
My only issue this far concerns the bevel setting. On the coticule website, many people mention honing with tape on the spine to get a certain angle for setting a correct bevel. On this site, and many others, I have seen no tape used in this manner on the bevel setting. Is this necessary? Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.