Thread: "Touching Up" Guidelines?

Originally Posted by Utopian

You bought a coticule already.
You're done.

Yeah, you're probably right. I just keep hearing that Shapton 16k calling my name, or is that an escher, or a Swaty, or ........ oh, HAD's a bih, isn't it?

Well, among those options, at least a Swaty is cheap. You might want to start with that and see if you can stop there. I've got a few Eschers but so far I have avoided the Shapton allure. I'm trying to convince myself that I don't need them. I'm trying to convince myself that my natural stones, like my Chinese 12Ks, my coticules, my Eschers, and my Japanese stones, plus the fact that my wife will eventually catch me, are all that I really need and that Shaptons are just an unnatural fad in which I don't need to get caught up.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Well, among those options, at least a Swaty is cheap. You might want to start with that and see if you can stop there. I've got a few Eschers but so far I have avoided the Shapton allure. I'm trying to convince myself that I don't need them. I'm trying to convince myself that my natural stones, like my Chinese 12Ks, my coticules, my Eschers, and my Japanese stones, plus the fact that my wife will eventually catch me, are all that I really need and that Shaptons are just an unnatural fad in which I don't need to get caught up.

yuh, like that's gonna last. you are so doomed. you will just buy the whoe shapton system, pond and all, when the dam of your resistance bursts.

Originally Posted by loueedacat

yuh, like that's gonna last. you are so doomed. you will just buy the whoe shapton system, pond and all, when the dam of your resistance bursts.

Oh, and don't forget the coveted Shapton diamond on glass lapping plate!

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Yeah, you're probably right. I just keep hearing that Shapton 16k calling my name, or is that an escher, or a Swaty, or ........ oh, HAD's a bih, isn't it?

Maybe we can get a package deal on a couple of Shapton 16k's, I've been wanting one for a while....

You'll never have enough hones, There's alway's going to be that one you want......

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Yeah, you're probably right. I just keep hearing that Shapton 16k calling my name, or is that an escher, or a Swaty, or ........

Must be the esher, or Swaty calling. The Shapton doesn't need to call out to anyone. It just is.
ohmmmm....

OK, so here's the deal-0 I tried to use my Coticule with water to touch up an edge, and it just didn't feel good at all. It cut, sure enough, but not comfortable. I gave that edge three passes on a barber's hone and it felt like magic. Just whisked away the whiskers. Is that normal? I think I gave the blade 10 laps on the cot...should I have tried more?

I did strop after the cot, and NOT the barber. Maybe my stopping is weak.

I'm no expert but I think the coticule is a very slow cutter compare to a barber hone. You should probably try about 40 passes on the coticule with plain water.

Well, it depends on the razor and the coticule as they each cut differently. I suppose the next time you need to do a touch up you should try more strokes if you want to use the coticule. Three strokes for a barber hone is normal. Who knows how many strokes will work for your coticule? Obviously it's more than 10!
Just keep trying more strokes and test shaving till you figure it out. You might find that you need to go back to slurry and then to water. On the other hand, if you barber hone is doing the job, you could just stick with that.

I am convinced that barber hones (the finishers) do not remove much (material) like other hones, but they simply burnish the edge... similar to what a "steel" does to a kitchen knife.