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    Default Recommendations on Friodur with a coticle?

    Hello there - Now that I have the shaving part consistently under control, I would like to take the plunge and try to hone up a 7/8 Friodur that I recently received. I have limited supplies including i) combination BBW/coticle, ii) barber hone, and iii) Cr2O3 (0.3u) and Fe2O3 (0.1u) pasted balsa.

    The bevel looks real decent with a uniform width and scratch pattern and no evidence of microchipping that I can see using a loupe and a Radio Shack special (~60x). Shaves arm hair with some pressure on the blade.

    The plan:
    Test bevel with magic marker and a few passes on the BBW in water. From there, if things look OK, work on the BBW/water and then move up to the coti w/slurry (or water to be determined), and then possibly to the barber hone and the pasted strop. If the bevel needs more work, I'll try to improve it with the BBW or with the coti/slurry method a la Bart. My inclination is to stay more simple/conventional for now, staying with the BBW for the bevel and the coti/water to improve the edge.

    Questions:
    I don't have much of a feel for the coticle yet. How does a coti w/slurry compare to a ~4K BBW? Does it make sense to go straight to the coti w/slurry after I'm happy with the bevel? Should I even dispense with all this and try Bart's unicot or dulicot method?

    I've read a lot about all this, but it would be good to get some distilled information/suggestions here, if possible.
    Thanks for any info or recommendations.

    Steve
    Last edited by Woodash; 05-12-2010 at 10:13 PM.

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