Thread: Coticule - Diamond plate

I’ve read reports of diamond plates releasing grit that gets trapped in the stone. That could impact the edge you get.

The suggestion was to use the diamond to true your stone’s surface and then use a rubbing stone to clean it up before honing a razor.

I’ve only ever used a diamond plate to generate slurry on a synthetic stone.

I’ve found rubbing two coticules together to be a preferable way to flatten each. Fortunately, I have two that I could do that with. After that, using the slurry stone that matches each coticule keeps them in shape.

I’ve also got past the compulsion to rehone frequently as I find my coticule edges last quite a while with good stropping and the occasional refresh with chromium oxide or a few weight of the razor passes on a coticule.

Use a well worn Diamond Plate

I shouldn’t have said burnish. I have plenty of well worn plates. I’ll go back and try an older plate.