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09-10-2007, 09:38 AM #1
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Thanked: 0Various questions on hones, strops etc.
Having recently started again shaving with a straight (after my old straight fell down and broke
) I ordered some stuff and would like your opinion if they would be enough.
I ordered some 0.25 diamond paste, a russian leather 2" wide DOVO strop, a DOVO 5/8" CS with bone handle, a R.A. Rooney silvertip brush, a stand and finally a 175x40mm select grade coticule.
I already have a 5/8" SS Tuckmar, a paddle strop, filarmonica brown paste and a double sided hone of unknown grit size and origin. If I had to guess I would say it is comparable to a Norton 1000/4000.
My question is this will the coticule be enough followed by the 0.25 paste?
Should I have gotten also some 0.50 paste?
I also read that there is no difference in the result you get from a select grade to a first grade coticule. Is that true according to your experience?
My reasoning when I made my purchase was that I can get my razor sharp enough to shave (although not as smooth as I would like) with the use of my hone, the filarmonica paste (which by the way seems to be extremelly coarse since it scratches the hell out of my razor) and the strop.
So I thought that even with a little more work I could use only the coticule (ommiting something like a 8000 Norton), then go on to a pasted side of my strop with 0.25 diamond paste (again requiring a bit more work since I will not use the 0.5) and finally stropping on the hanging strop.
Am I right in thinking this will work?