A few ways to use a Coticule... Distiled from everyone's posts above

1. Dulicot and Unicot
2. After the bevel is well and truly set using the "one stone hone method"
3. After the razor is shave ready at about the 8k level as a finisher with a light slurry then clear water
4. As a true finisher with only clear water

If not any of these methods work especially #3 and #4 then it is time to maybe hook up in person with one of the guys that knows Coticules really well and can test your stone..


After having several discussions with the "Try oil on a Coti" guys and asking some fairly simple questions about how they tested their Coticules for oil absorbtion and getting no answers, not even for the simplist of tests I concluded that I ain't putting oil on my prized Coticule.. The Smith's solution is safer, and gives good results on real oil stones so you might try it instead, myself I have plenty of stones that I could use if I want sharper... The object of my use of a Coticule is a nice soft edge on Sheffield steel so sharper is not needed...