Well tried the coticule with just water, did 10 laps as Lynn did in the video, then 5 on the CrOx balsa board, then the linen strop pasted with white DOVO paste about 15 times, then the leather for 25 laps.

Was the blade improved?

Definitely...could it have been better? Yes.

So with it's twin Wilkinson Pall Mall, I'm going to do more laps on the coticule and the same for the rest.

If I suspect anything it is my technique on the stone, it's not the full width of the blade so I did half the blade on one pass, the other half next, and counted that as one pass. I suspect I should have used a X stroke.

Needless to say, it was a first good step, there was improvement, will try the X stroke on the other razor tomorrow.