Originally Posted by
Bart
I looked at your edge pictures again, and I see now that the second one has lower magnification. It still looks a bit jagged to me, but I think you're on the right track.
Now that we know, you're without a Blue, here's what I propose:
1. make sure your bevel is complete, coming off the DMT. If it shaves arm hair very well, you're fine. Even better if you could pass the HHT, as I described it in one of the previous posts on this thread.
2. Get a light slurry on your Coticule. Light means very watery. For our purposes right now, the slurry should not look like milk, but more like water with a slight white cloudiness.
Hone on the Coticule for about 50 laps. Keep that slurry the same consistency, by adding water if it starts to dry. After those 50 laps, you should start diluting the slurry with 2 maybe 3 drops of water per 10 laps. Dilute it 10 times, this totals 100 laps.
3. Strop 60 laps on clean leather and test shave. It depends a bit on your Coticule how well this will work.
Regarding the DMT, it really should feel a bit different honing on it, if it's broken in well. The initial grittiness should be gone.
Good luck,
Bart.