About 99% of my usage with the Coticule is polishing with just water to fine tune my edges. It seems to workk very well for me. The last couple of days I've worked on about four razors. I noticed some discoloration on the stone on the right side where the heel of the razor passes. The last two razors felt very gritty over that area. I thought it was the razor, until I experimented with one with a good edge, and it was gritty in that area, also. SH T!! I tried a 3M scour pad with not much change. I then took a 1K Japanese waterstone and did a few figure 8s under the water in the sink. That was better, but still real not good. Reluctantly, I tried my 1200 DMT, 6x2, doing just a few figure 8s gently, and that pretty much cleaned the surface.

Oh, gee........! I hope I have not screwed my beautiful Coticule up! It seems back to normal now, - hopefully!

What is the drill? Do I need to clean this stone after each session with a blade? - and what is the proceedure?

Thanks,

Steve