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You really have no idea how happy I am about this new discovery. I mean, I'm good with my hands--I can tie flies, carve wood, etc...so when I feel I'm using light/no pressure on the razor, I'm...

So, to bring it back to coticules, I just "learned" mine last night.

For the past year, with coticules and otherwise, when honing, I would sit at a desk with the hone on the table, and use a...

In my rotation:
Joseph Rodgers wedge
WM Jackson 11/8 hollow
2 W&B wedges
dovo and dubl duck full hollow
wostenholm 4/8 and 7/8 wedges
wm greaves 7/8 wedge
john barber 7/8 half wedge

For me,...

that guys arm hair must have been made of steel, lol! I'll check out that video again, thank you.

I guess I always dismissed my bevel as the problem, because after an 8k stone or coticule, I DO...

I'm going to have to try this on a junker razor. IMO, I can hone a razor down to a nub on my 1k norton and never pop arm hair well above skin level. Sometimes I worry that I spend too much time on...

Buying a Norton 4/8k would be taking the easy way out. I like a challenge. I'm fighting the good fight :p

This makes perfect sense to me. Since I am short a 8k synthetic, I may try instead spending more time on slurry with the coticule.