Thread: "Touching Up" Guidelines?

Originally Posted by Dups

Would a few passes on the coticule with slurry after the DMT 1200 help or?

I'm still getting the hang of this honing melarky myself, but that is exactly what I do. I do this for 2 reasons.
1. The great feedback you get from the coticule with slurry gives me a real good idea when the edge is ready to progress from this crucial stage.
2. It does seem to smooth things out a bit, and speed things up on the next grit.

I mostly do it for the first reason though.

Connor

Smythe, I appreciate your hesitation with this. Initially, I did the 3 to 5 strokes with the barber hones because that's what was recommended in ALL of the instructions I have ever found with them. I have seen a few barber hone instructions that recommend more along the lines of "as many as needed," but the 3-5 recommendation is remarkably consistent. Anyway, I followed the advice and found that most of the time it was sufficient. So, now I do 3-5 because it works.

Also, I have found the 10 strokes with water on a coticule is also sufficient for most coticules and razors.