spaceconvoy
Senior Member
Wow The Feels, like when something is a big mood and you say "wow, the feels!"
Same with a softer Coticule. Have used it for reprofiling highly abrasion resistant soft stainless.Cretan or Washita. Certain natural stones just have far greater range than synthetics.
They're not common, but Norton did produce India / Washita combis. A Coarse or Medium India x Washita would be completely ideal.
(And on the off-chance anyone wants to sell me one - I'm all ears...)
Same with a softer Coticule. Have used it for reprofiling highly abrasion resistant soft stainless.
Can't tell you. Don't have much experience with different Coticule. With a soft one, though, creating a thick paste is very easy, and the particles have still their initial size. Only when diluting by adding water they will get finer. I start — old school — with saliva and the mud created with another stone or an Atoma.That's good to know!
In your experience does the hardness of coticules correlate with the fineness of the grain? I have a quite a soft one that is also very coarse, so was wondering if that's coincidence, or normally the case?
(Interestingly the BBW part is also considerably coarser than normal too. It's a fantastic stone all round, but quite different.)
Man after my heart. Sg500 got nudged out, but still my favorite travel stone by a mileDesert Island stone SG500
Favorite (syn) G2K
Colour me very surprised that more natural stones haven't been chosen!
Maybe just for speed?
I have mostly been disappointed by naturals at the low end for heavy work: thinning... removing chips, reprofiling. The japanese (sandstone?) ones I have tried have been merely okay for edges... but too slow for thinning. I think it only gets worse when you are talking about monosteels!
That all said, you make a tempting case for Washitas!
Maybe just for speed?
I have mostly been disappointed by naturals at the low end for heavy work: thinning... removing chips, reprofiling. The japanese (sandstone?) ones I have tried have been merely okay for edges... but too slow for thinning. I think it only gets worse when you are talking about monosteels!
That all said, you make a tempting case for Washitas!
How is the jns 300?JNS 300
How is the jns 300?
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