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I decided to try again tonight, but quickly lost my focus and went into a "hone rage". I was just honing like crazy, not really paying attention to what I was doing. I reigned myself in after a...

This has been my thinking. I am going to do a small shave test first but if that doesn't work, then I'm going to hit it with some pressure on a milky slurry. After I'm 100% sure the bevel is set,...

Congrat's on the monster Coti. I think I saw that one on the classifieds. Good buy. IMO, all things being equal, a hone that size will be a lot easier to use than a bout, or a small rectangle.
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Tried more with the coti today. Plain water only, very light pressure, clean stone. Polish improved with many strokes. Stropped linen and leather. Really gave it my A-game stropping. Looks...

Alex,
You inspired me to try again I'm not to comfy with half x-strokes. If those aren't working can I just switch back to regular x's.

Pinklather- The shave was very short. After I did a...

Looks like I'm down in the dumps today. Oh well

Michael

I brought down a few razors to my workbench tonight. The first one I picked up was the "PICK" razor. I set the bevel on norton 1k. Next I decided to put it on the coticule, which I never really...