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Pictured above: Arkansas Translucent, Arkansas Hard Black aka surgical black, Belgium Coticule, with Thiers Issard 6/8 Spartacus. All three stones measure 4x1.625.
Two nights ago I set up to shave at a truck stop shower. After a nice hot shower and prep, the Poraso lather richly applied, I raised my Spartacus to shave only to be met with unpleasant tugging. Some perturbed, but not to be denied, I splashed some lather on the Coticule and laid down a number of laps. The shave ended well enough with a reasonably smooth face.
Upon return to my sleeper cabbed truck I pulled out the stones and went to work. Some 200 laps on the coticule followed by an equal number on the Translucent. Last night's return to the shower room resulted in a smooth and satisfying shave.
I thought about doing a full honing job upon my return home. Now I'm not so sure. My small travel stones did a superb job refreshing my edge.