Shazam! Cotis are magic

[Krodor]

Just a passing post here. I deshouldered a fresh GD this morning, then instead of taking it to my DMT D8C, then Norton 4k, then letting coti take over at that point, I thought I'd see what she could do by herself. From the time I started cutting a brand new bevel to a stropped HHT 2 (ok, not up to personal preference yet) it took 45 minutes. Me, rock, slurry stone, little water, and razor.

Yes, it's been done countless times, but I still find it cool that one rock surface can do all that. True, I would never want to take a breadknifed edge and try to bevelset from there on the rock, but GD as-shipped bevels are not all that good, so I'm still impressed.

 

[Monsieur Blaireau]

I'm planning on taking that GD you gave me to my JNAT sometime today and see what kind of an edge I can (or can't) get out of it.

 

[Krodor]

I'm planning on taking that GD you gave me to my JNAT sometime today and see what kind of an edge I can (or can't) get out of it.

Cool! Go get 'em!

 

[jpcwon]

That's awesome to hear! I admittedly take "the easy way out" and use a 1k to set bevels, but it's nice to know that coticules are capable of doing the job...good stuff!

 

[tomjr]

they are amazing stones.

 

[Krodor]

Don't it figure though...after writing that, I spent another hour trying to get up to personally-acceptable finish and in doing so blew whatever edge there was and can't get it back! Coti or otherwise. Glassed the edge and will go again today from scratch.

 

[global_dev]

i tried to do something similar with cotos yesterday and honestly, it was back to the dmts and chosera 1K

 

[Gamma]

Bevel to finish on a Coti is a sweet deal when it works out.
You'll get it - patience.

 

[global_dev]

I am surmising that a fast coticule would help more so at the beginning. But i ca get past the stigma of a dmt bevel correction.

 

[Gamma]

My bevel-setter Coti was a retardedly fast LPB - a thick brick of a stone.
Its slurry went dark so fast it was scary.

 

[Krodor]

All set now. It's not the first time that that has happened. When setting a first bevel on a razor (fresh eBay or GD) I always seem to get a better edge after killing the first bevel. Probably will do that from now on rather than going through a full honing progression. Anyway, this time for fun I set the bevel with an unholy concoction of coti-slurry on a Washita using Smiths honing solution. Worked fine, then did a dilucot through water, then dilute hand soap lather, then baby oil. Now it's a happy edge.