Thread: ONE COTICULE HONING

Originally Posted by BHChieftain

I'm pretty new to honing-- I have a DA practice razor and two others. For the past few weeks I had been working on Bart's Coticlue+Slurry, BBW+Slurry, Coticlue+Water method (from the wiki). I got to the point on the DA where I got a pretty decent edge, and attempted it on my "real" shaver, with pretty good results. Did not get past HHT, but TPT was pretty good, and the shaves have been smooth.

Tried the new method with the DA practice razor just now, for the first time ever I got a result on the HHT (not a clean cut, but caught and popped it in a few spots). Have not shaved with it yet, but I'll check it out tomorrow.

I'm thinking about using the BBW + Slurry for the initial honing right after adding tape (I know this is defeating the purpose of using 1 stone), as I'm not all that certain how much is "enough" slurry with the coticule to initially set the secondary bevel. My experience level is too low for me to figure out if BBW+Slurry vs. Coticlue + Light Slurry after taping makes any difference-- Bart, I'd love it if you would try it to see if it helps, hurts, or makes no difference.

I doubt many people would like to hear it, but at the moment, I'm getting keener edges of this method, than I ever got of the progression I described in the wiki, although that progression certainly delivers edges that can easily qualify as "shaveready". By the way, the progression in the wiki is explained by me as I have learned it from Josh Earl and David Polan (Heavydutysg135), two very knowledgeable guys that used to be very active on SRP.

You could use the Blue to conduct step 5, but I don't think it would make a big change, since the Coticule with water from step 6 will further refine the sharpness, acting on the narrow secondary bevel.

Originally Posted by Dups

Hey Bart,

just finished shaving with the Dovo #41. Got a pretty nice shave! I might still do a few more passes on the coticule with water alone but overall got a really smooth shave. It sort of fell like the razor was a bit less sharp than usual but that seems to be a good thing. I usually always do a few passes on a paddle strop with cr0 but decided to go all the way natural this time. I didn't even feel the burn when I applied my alcohol based splash after my shave. It usually stings like crazy but not this time. What about future touch up on the blade using this technique? Now what am I supposed to do with the blue side of of my stone! :P

Touching up is done on a Coticule with water, with the tape reattached. There's more information about it burried several posts back into this thread.

Best regards,
Bart.