Thread: Finishing with coticule???

Some folks say that cotis will only get you to around the equivalent of 8K synthetic. Folks report they can get a really good shave after a progression with a Norton 4K/8K combo stone.

I tend to agree with finishing on the coti with weight of the razor and running water or glycerin and water. I have even tried doing 10 laps really light on the dry coti. I generally finish with a Vermio or CrOx on balsa after a coti progression.

If the shave feels good and is clean and smooth, HHT doesn’t really matter. The ultimate criterion for a test of an edge is shaving the facial hair, not snapping individual hairs.

I have a very fast LV coti that auto slurries very fast and at first I was knocking my head against the wall trying to get a JNAT HHT but finally slowed way down and realized I was slurry dulling the edge so as suggested try light water only laps after a 8k

I am not a ‘practitioner’ of the hht levels myself but I get some great shaves off the coticules. Saying that, I can’t get them as sharp as using synths or jnat. I have stopped trying to do so as the coticule has become all about comfort and being smooth for me.
My previous attempts to get that killer edge led me to reading plenty about light strokes and honing under water - many providing the caveat that, if at all possible, a particular coti stone had to be worked and worked to unlock that potential.
Good luck