Not wanting to see the Swaty thread hijacked I am starting this thread here. Years ago I frequented barber shops in Newark, NJ looking for razors and hones. The old barbers that I talked to would use hot lather from their Lather King machines rather then water to lubricate the coticule that they routinely used.
Nowadays I know one fellow who says he gets great results with a drop of dish washing liquid on his DMTs. Anyone else use soap on to hone with on their rocks? I am going to give some lather a try on my coticule. I would be reluctant to try dish soap on my Escher, Norton or Shapton. I wonder if it would tend to clog the stone?