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I have to ask - why should the coticule be used with water? I mean you make it sound like it is bad for either the razor or the stone if one uses it dry, so is there a reason other than some folks...

Good point - and true, the US military did not issue straights to soldiers at the time of the Korean war, but how about to barbers? I confess I don't know, but it seems likely, since at that time...

True - but have you done a true A-B comparison with the coticule wet and dry? I have, several times over, and cannot duplicate the edges I get with the dry coticule when I use it wet. Juranitch's...

Use it dry.

Why? See http://users.ameritech.net/knives/Juranitch1977Feb.htm - scroll to the bottom of the page.

Vijay