Originally Posted by
Bart
Dovo red paste proves that "smoothness" is very closely related to sharpness. One of the easiest ways to make a razor shaveready is to hone it on a Coticule with milky slurry till the keenness maxes out and next optimize the keenness on Dovo red paste. A reknowned razor store in Antwerp, Belgium uses that method. The name of the store is "De Koordenwinkel". When I started out, I have shaved with such edges. The shaving confort is very good. But I had longevity issues with those edges, and their inherent convexity made it difficult to do touch-ups with good consistent success. I never used diamond pastes for honing razors so I can't comment on that, but it's often reported "harsher" than most other abrasive compounds.
Best regards,
Bart.