Thread: coticule help

Originally Posted by tintin

Okay. still seems odd that people for ages past used them to maintain their razors. Was that the best they could get? (I did get a smoother feel on the stone after I rubbed a small fine diamond hone on it. Afraid to try it on a razor again though)

You may have had stray grit on the stone. Do not use slurry on it. Dress it to 1k, clean well.
Do not use anything but water to test it. You do not have to use running water!
Use a razor that already has a decent edge. If you have magnification you can see if it improves the edge visually.
A coticule may feel very nice on the face even though the edge doesn't look too good under magnification. It will not be the closest shave but will be face friendly, so shave anyway.
An excellent coticule will leave an edge both looking great under mag. and shave great.