Quote Originally Posted by S0LITARYS0LDIER View Post
I read the transition stone thread. Which is interesting indeed. I'm very glad you enjoy playing around with slurries. After a coticule and trying the dilucot method a ton... Not for me.

What's your definition of fine hard base?

My mid range tip of the day is be humble and take your time. I destroyed an edge today sadly had to bring down to 1k..
Yeah, coticule slurry can be quite aggressive. Good for certain situations, but generally probably not necessary and I find I can achieve the end result faster if I used an alternative. That said, on rare occassions, such as a few days ago, I will use it..

So what I've done the other day, I was away from home, had a DMT-C, a Dragon's tongue, a Coticule and a NEW Gold dollar razor on me (hence the necessity for the DMT-C). Don't ask... [emoji1] In addition, I had lyo, botan, dragon's tongue and coticule slurry stones. With a bit of experimenting and "jointing" a few times throughout, I've eventually managed to get my chinese lady to a shave-ready state. The heel is still problematic, but this was just an experiment and it worked quite well.

To bring the geometry to a somewhat acceptable state, I used the DMT. For bevel setting and mid range I used the DT hone as the base (with the mentioned slurries) and finally to get it to shave, I used the coticule (dilucot).

You asked for the definition of a hard&fine base. I would say there are many japanese hard stones that qualify here. I do have one that's very hard, probably level 10. I also use a european stone (from Montenegro) which is probably around level 9. I wrote about that stone here, not too long ago.

Although not hard at all, I had used a Thuringian with softer slurries (such as botan and tsushima) to get past the mid-range as well.

The fact is, my middle range progression tends to be different every time I hone. I dont hone too many razors, mostly my own, so on those ocassions I like to play around.[emoji6]