Thread: Belgian Coticule as a finishing hone

You know why is smooths out when you go to chromium from Diamond?
Because your going backwards, It's dulling the keeness, which is fine, I do the samething. If I buy a blade, as soon as I shave, I know if it's been taken to .25 Diamond. I go to Crox to smooth it out...works fine...

Originally Posted by riooso

If I may float a point by you. You mention pastes, diamond? I found that I got a very sharp blade but that it did tend to be a bit harsh. I went to 25 laps on Chromium on balsa as the last step and found that the shave turned to very smooth, sharp and at the same time no irritation. I just never got around to using Chromium till I had someone hone my razor in front of me and then take it to the Chromium, really, another jump shave quality.

Just a thought,
Richard

Nope, I've not tried diamond pastes because they are kind of pricey and I've heard too many people talk about the harshness.

I use chromium oxide from Chris L and some < 0.5 micron red paste from karakoup1 in the classifieds. I don't know what type the < 0.5 micron stuff is, but I like it.

Originally Posted by zib

You know why is smooths out when you go to chromium from Diamond?
Because your going backwards, It's dulling the keeness...

Of course this is a YMMV thing. I thought it to be the case also before I have worked with it. It is a point of debate and many of the long time pros say no that it does not have a dulling effect , if you don't go to many laps. I just know that when I come off diamond then Chrome that my blades are sharp enough that I had to adjust my technique a bit to keep the blade from cutting "under" the slightest fold of skin. Something I did not have to worry about before that.

Take Care,
Richard

I love using my coticule as a finisher and do it all the time, but I do a LOT of water only strokes (like 100-200). The finish off it works great on my face for whatever reason. Love my escher too. Not a big fan of pastes.