Thread: ONE COTICULE HONING

Originally Posted by gary haywood

Just a quik question does any one on the forum actualy shave of the yellow coticule with out the double bevel and actualy get a good shave. I no bart has said some of his best shavers have been straight of coticule but the results are a bit inconsistant. Untill i realized my slurry was to heavy i could'nt get a good shave atall once i got my slurry right and slowly weened it down and then finished with water i can say i can get a razor shave ready. because i had a bad experiance with slurry at first it put me off the coticule but now i understand it better i get the results. Is there any one who just owns one yellow and finds it does all they need?

I have honed many razors with the blue with slurry followed by the yellow with water. One layer of tape and no secondary bevel and I have gotten outstanding shaves, close and smooth. YMMV. I have frequently followed the yellow with an Escher to refine the edge further but not always.