Starting to Learn

[dward]

After about 3 weeks I noticed my razor was beginning to tug. I bout it shave ready in the classifieds. It really had a wonderful edge and provided a great shave. I purchased a paddle strop from Tony and some CrO pasted from Don and Lynn. Lynn gave me instructions on how to use the paste. After dutifully pasting the strop I did 20 laps on the pasted strop followed by 100 laps on the Illinois 827 hanging strop this past weekend and shaved with it today. Wow! What a difference. I also ordered a yellow coticule last week.

I am assuming that when the pasted strop doesn't sufficiently refresh the edge that I should put it on the coticule followed by the pasted strop, then the 100 laps on the hanging strop. I haven't yet purchased the 4000/8000. I am also assuming it will be awhile before I need to use that.

Are my assumptions correct?

[JimmyHAD]

You might get by fine with the pasted strops and the coticule you have coming. OTOH, do you have more then the one razor ? If I only had the one I would at least want a backup in case I messed the one up. Again if it was me I would get the 4/8 too and a few ebay specials to practice honing on. I am still learning but it has taken a mess of razors to practice on for me to get anywhere with it. YMMV.

[Milton Man]

IIRC, a slurry on a coticule turns it from around 12k to around 6K-8K...so you could use it to do some more aggressive polishing. I remember a video (LXemergency?) where he had a slurry going and did a full bevel-set restore on a coticule bout!

Just my $0.02...that said, I have a coticule, 4k/8k and even a 220/1000 for real ebay specials, so what do I know!

Mark