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    And how often should it be on average?

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    When your razor gets dull. I touch up mine every 7-10 shaves...

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    I use water and another small Belgian yellow coticule to generate the slurry. You could also try a nagura stone. I would never use sandpaper to generate a slurry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CaptMdnght
    ok, I have heard some of the folks say work up a slurry on the coticule. Do you work it up by honing the blade with water only or do you use some water with say 600 or 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper first and then start honing for the very first time?


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