Thread: ONE COTICULE HONING

Thats why i prefer straights the fact that i can shave more regular with a straight rather than de blades. I shave with straight i don't even feel like i have had a shave no iritation. I use perma sharp in shavette every day on my clients these blades are number one all turkish barbers use them and realy they are magic but still they leave slight tingling after shave. The shave of coticules or any naturals is alot differant on my skin i've only used bbw/ coticule. May be not the sharpest but the most comfortable.I've just dulled a razor and honed on yellow slurry diluted gradualy down to fresh water using distilled water for first time. And the shave feels good literaly like a feather on the skin but with a little grab but no problem. Idid'nt use the double bevel this time maybe i could add and get realy keen edge.

Coticule/BBW combo ordered!

There goes this weekends earnings, and then a bit more!

A very big thanks to Currentman!
Before anything else, my motivation for laying out this procedure was to provide a method that delivers an excellent and comfortable edge without much learning curve, performed on just one Coticule, which is often the only hone found in the home of many straight razor users in my part of the world.
Currentman's post, and those of most others that shared their outcome so far, confirms that it works on a variety of Coticules and razors, and most importantly: with a variety of different hands pushing the razor over the hone.

Currentman's post also learns that there indeed are differences between the stones, and that it takes some experimentation to find the ideal lap counts, etc...
It probably also helps for any honing rookie to futurely adopt one of the finer edge probing methods, instead of the rather crude arm hair test, in order to maximize the results and minimize steel removal.

As for the results being slightly different from the "honemeister edges", I think that's true. It's a naked edge of a hone. I believe most honemeisters tailor the edge a bit further after that. Pjrage shared some interesting observations in that field, several posts back. I personally shave with the edge well stropped right off the Coticule, but that's all a matter of personal preference.

More about that in the next post.

Bart.

I'll look forward to hearing next post thanxs for this one

In my opinion:

The shaver needs to be as much in tune with his edge, as his edge needs to be in tune with his skin.

"Shaveready" means to me that an edge is keen enough to cut, without pulling or hanging up on the whiskers. If you shave long enough with a particular type of shaveready edge, your technique will automatically adapt to the most efficient way to use that type of edge. Granted, your beard and skin type will have their saying too, but small nuances in applied presure, angles, scything motions, stetching tactics, and other variables will greatly contibute to the end result and can be quite different when you alter the type of razor, and the way the edge was sharpened.

In that respect, edge preferences are always a bit of a self fulfilling prophecy.

Bart.