Great video, man it feels good when it clicks. The old tired and true method is not sexy, it’s not entertaining and there aren’t many talking points, but it’s money on most coticuels. Oil is a game changer, another very old method that never gets old 😂. Feels good to get it. Congrats to having the dedication to stick with it and figure it out. I absolutely know how frustrating that process can be. The time you put in and what you learned, nobody can take away from you. Well done Sir.
Good stuff Sean. I'm going to find time on Saturday to revisit my coticule. It's a slow stone so I won't try to bevel set with it - I'll go from a synthetic to a medium-heavy slurry on the coti and dilute from there and see where it takes me. I'll use Devan's approach and check with a packing peanut at each stage to see if I'm moving forward or taking a step back.
That's what it's all about my friend, these stones are very versatile, I feel like they give the most comfortable edge... I did a shaving video with the razor and it was perfection! might drop it tomorrow. What is your most comfortable edge on a razor?
@@seanstapelfeld So far it's the Jnat kiita. But I'll keep looking for something better - the best you've tried is the best you know. There may be better to come.
if this was an mma video, there would for sure be a comment says, "Sean 'Negotiation' Stapelfeld"😅. man that was cool to see the process from the moment you killed the edge all the way up to the hair test. looks tedious but necessary and above all rewarding. tbh looks like fun too!
@@757History in this case it was more tedious because I chose two stones that aren’t the best for the job but I did that specifically to show how versatile these coticules stones are… I would have had a much easier time just using one of the stones. Cheers my friend, did you see the adesanya and dricus fight?
@@seanstapelfeld i watched all of prelims and the first fight of the main card. THEN I FELL ASLEEP😭(really hate it when that happens). saw plenty of highlights though including the finish! really enjoy ddp's fighting style, and always love to see the classier fighter win. cannonier vs borralho this weekend! who u got? ive seen all of cannonier's fights since he moved to middleweight and all of borralho's fights since his ufc debut. borralho has been really impressive so far; plus he's young and hungry so i can see him winning. i'll be rooting for cannonier though; whenever it's a young buck vs a seasoned veteran, i always tend to root for the veteran. love to see an old dog show the world he's not done yet!🔥💪
@@seanstapelfeld agreed! i like borralho too because he conducts himself very well in his interviews--another gentleman! ill also be happy for him if he wins!
Great info! When you said heavy stropping what did you mean by that? Hard passes or thick, heavy strop? I'm a beginner looking into getting a one stone for honing on convex. Also appreciate the Coquís 🇵🇷 in the background.
@@EGONZALEZ9985 Thank you my friend for that wonderful comment! When I talk about heavy stropping I’m referring to the pressure I put on the blade while doing my passes, I’m making sure I feel the edge is making contact. Usually light stropping is the way to go especially with synthetic stones but there is no doubt in my mind that these stones prefer a rougher hand. Hope this helped my friend!
Hi Sean, good video, as always. As stated before, I think I need to stay on the stone longer.. But what confuses me is when honers talk about fast, medium, and slow coticules in combination with slurry (makes all the sense when run without, though). The granats in the slurry can come from two sources, right. The bottom stone or the rubbing stone. So would it not be equal if you use a fast bottom stone with a slow rubbing stone or the other way around (assuming the same number of free granats in the slurry).. so we should be able to get several mixes.. fastxfast (most aggressive) to slowxslow (pre polishing). To me, this seems to be the same as the JNAT where you keep the base the same and swap rubbing stones.. Btw got home yesterday and got to have a proper shave this morning following 2 weeks of cartridge use.. Lol, what a pleasure.. //J
@@dnamol Thank you my friend for that wonderful comment! So the way I learned it is this way. 1. Garnets are what make the razor keen because it’s what is abrading the steel. 2. Since these are naturals the garnets inside each stone can differ, in other words there can be more quantity of garnets in one stone than another. 3. You have softer stones and harder stones when it comes to coticules, I think this refers to the material that is holding the garnets in place, think about the yellow part of the stone you see… like synthetics that is the material holding the abrasives in place. 4. I think you’re absolutely correct in using a hard rubbing stone when using a soft base stone because that will help keep it flat but in that case the abrasive that will be coming out will be mostly from the soft stone. 5. If you had a hard stone as the base and used a soft stone to rub then it would mostly have garnets from the soft rubbing stone. 6. I always like using soft and hard because with using two hard stones then it can scratch the surface of both the base stone and rubbing stone. With two soft stones I don’t think this is a big problem. 7. Even if you have a soft stone it can still be a slow cutter depending on how many garnets that particular cut of stone has inside of it. 8. This is why some people say “this stone is slow on slurry or slow on water” because even though you see a milk slurry there might be few garnets in the mix and it can also work the other way around if you have a stone that has a lot of garnets inside the clay like material holding the garnets together. This clay like material is called “lutum”. So to recap the white slurry you see doesn’t necessarily mean there is a lot of garnets in the mix… the white slurry you see is the “lutum” inside of there are garnets and depending on the stone it can have a lot of garnets or few… the garnets are so small you probably can’t see them without a microscope. I hope this helps my friend. I am no expert so if I’m wrong on something I’m sorry, I’m just passionate about coticules hehe I hope you have a great weekend my friend!
@@MesserOpa thank you my friend, I’m currently trying to expand that collection. I don’t always use tape, for best performance I use no tape but sometimes i use tape because it makes the contact of the apex really easy with tape and it also sticks less to the stone in my case. If I want super performance then I put no tape and convex the edge with my curved stones. Cheers my friend
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How do you negotiate with your different coticules?
Great video, man it feels good when it clicks. The old tired and true method is not sexy, it’s not entertaining and there aren’t many talking points, but it’s money on most coticuels. Oil is a game changer, another very old method that never gets old 😂. Feels good to get it. Congrats to having the dedication to stick with it and figure it out. I absolutely know how frustrating that process can be. The time you put in and what you learned, nobody can take away from you. Well done Sir.
@@BigEShaves Thank you Eric and thanks for guiding me through the process. Now that I have a good idea I can move on and ease up 😂
Great Job Sean, nice seeing others sharping straight razors, I don't use one myself but I can pick up on things, Have a great weekend
@@jaguar-Films Thank you Jaguar! I really recommend trying them out, come on in the water is fine 😂 have a great rest of your week my friend
Great looking stones. Thanks for the walk through and sharing your experience.
@@nonamebear1136 Thank you so much Rob! This was a great challenge, I should be getting a new coticule this upcoming week… can’t wait!
Good stuff Sean. I'm going to find time on Saturday to revisit my coticule. It's a slow stone so I won't try to bevel set with it - I'll go from a synthetic to a medium-heavy slurry on the coti and dilute from there and see where it takes me. I'll use Devan's approach and check with a packing peanut at each stage to see if I'm moving forward or taking a step back.
That's what it's all about my friend, these stones are very versatile, I feel like they give the most comfortable edge... I did a shaving video with the razor and it was perfection! might drop it tomorrow. What is your most comfortable edge on a razor?
@@seanstapelfeld So far it's the Jnat kiita. But I'll keep looking for something better - the best you've tried is the best you know. There may be better to come.
@@michaelkuper8268 i know but my future wife will kill me if i buy more stones, razors, or soap hahaha
Nice presentation
@@billm.2677 Thank you Bill! Recorded it like 3 different times 😂 my English sucked that day.
Well done Sean , interesting video💪🏻
Thank you Danilo, I love honing with these stones!
Hi Sean. Awesome video
@@borbelyhaz321 thank you my friend! Might take a break from cotis now… nahhhh hehehe
Great video and great honing session! I'm impressed :)
@@WaxbellShaving Thank you so much my friend!
if this was an mma video, there would for sure be a comment says, "Sean 'Negotiation' Stapelfeld"😅. man that was cool to see the process from the moment you killed the edge all the way up to the hair test. looks tedious but necessary and above all rewarding. tbh looks like fun too!
@@757History in this case it was more tedious because I chose two stones that aren’t the best for the job but I did that specifically to show how versatile these coticules stones are… I would have had a much easier time just using one of the stones. Cheers my friend, did you see the adesanya and dricus fight?
@@seanstapelfeld i watched all of prelims and the first fight of the main card. THEN I FELL ASLEEP😭(really hate it when that happens). saw plenty of highlights though including the finish! really enjoy ddp's fighting style, and always love to see the classier fighter win. cannonier vs borralho this weekend! who u got? ive seen all of cannonier's fights since he moved to middleweight and all of borralho's fights since his ufc debut. borralho has been really impressive so far; plus he's young and hungry so i can see him winning. i'll be rooting for cannonier though; whenever it's a young buck vs a seasoned veteran, i always tend to root for the veteran. love to see an old dog show the world he's not done yet!🔥💪
@@757History I’ve got borralho 😂🤪 great fighters like always anything can happen
@@seanstapelfeld agreed! i like borralho too because he conducts himself very well in his interviews--another gentleman! ill also be happy for him if he wins!
❤❤❤ fantastic 😍
@@RobertsClassicShave thank you my friend!
Great info! When you said heavy stropping what did you mean by that? Hard passes or thick, heavy strop? I'm a beginner looking into getting a one stone for honing on convex. Also appreciate the Coquís 🇵🇷 in the background.
@@EGONZALEZ9985 Thank you my friend for that wonderful comment! When I talk about heavy stropping I’m referring to the pressure I put on the blade while doing my passes, I’m making sure I feel the edge is making contact. Usually light stropping is the way to go especially with synthetic stones but there is no doubt in my mind that these stones prefer a rougher hand. Hope this helped my friend!
Hi Sean, good video, as always. As stated before, I think I need to stay on the stone longer.. But what confuses me is when honers talk about fast, medium, and slow coticules in combination with slurry (makes all the sense when run without, though). The granats in the slurry can come from two sources, right. The bottom stone or the rubbing stone. So would it not be equal if you use a fast bottom stone with a slow rubbing stone or the other way around (assuming the same number of free granats in the slurry).. so we should be able to get several mixes.. fastxfast (most aggressive) to slowxslow (pre polishing). To me, this seems to be the same as the JNAT where you keep the base the same and swap rubbing stones..
Btw got home yesterday and got to have a proper shave this morning following 2 weeks of cartridge use.. Lol, what a pleasure..
//J
@@dnamol Thank you my friend for that wonderful comment! So the way I learned it is this way.
1. Garnets are what make the razor keen because it’s what is abrading the steel.
2. Since these are naturals the garnets inside each stone can differ, in other words there can be more quantity of garnets in one stone than another.
3. You have softer stones and harder stones when it comes to coticules, I think this refers to the material that is holding the garnets in place, think about the yellow part of the stone you see… like synthetics that is the material holding the abrasives in place.
4. I think you’re absolutely correct in using a hard rubbing stone when using a soft base stone because that will help keep it flat but in that case the abrasive that will be coming out will be mostly from the soft stone.
5. If you had a hard stone as the base and used a soft stone to rub then it would mostly have garnets from the soft rubbing stone.
6. I always like using soft and hard because with using two hard stones then it can scratch the surface of both the base stone and rubbing stone. With two soft stones I don’t think this is a big problem.
7. Even if you have a soft stone it can still be a slow cutter depending on how many garnets that particular cut of stone has inside of it.
8. This is why some people say “this stone is slow on slurry or slow on water” because even though you see a milk slurry there might be few garnets in the mix and it can also work the other way around if you have a stone that has a lot of garnets inside the clay like material holding the garnets together. This clay like material is called “lutum”.
So to recap the white slurry you see doesn’t necessarily mean there is a lot of garnets in the mix… the white slurry you see is the “lutum” inside of there are garnets and depending on the stone it can have a lot of garnets or few… the garnets are so small you probably can’t see them without a microscope. I hope this helps my friend. I am no expert so if I’m wrong on something I’m sorry, I’m just passionate about coticules hehe
I hope you have a great weekend my friend!
Nice coticules you have there, Sean. I like them too.
Do you always tape the spine and if so, why?
@@MesserOpa thank you my friend, I’m currently trying to expand that collection. I don’t always use tape, for best performance I use no tape but sometimes i use tape because it makes the contact of the apex really easy with tape and it also sticks less to the stone in my case. If I want super performance then I put no tape and convex the edge with my curved stones. Cheers my friend
@@seanstapelfeld Thanks. Yes, you get better contact with the apex.
Nice demonstration. The coticule diplomat;)
@@jpo31 Thank you JPO… it definitely felt that way when you want the stone to do one thing but it wants something else 😂
What the Heck? No “Stone Catcher” thumbnail? You must be saving it up for your onlyfans.
@@BigEShaves Thanks for reminding me! Public service announcement: “sending feet pics for coticules! Me email is in my channel about section 😂”