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The shave test was very positive. I had my first full straight razor shave since my hand surgery. I can safely say I will be using this method all the time and then jumping to a natural finish or...

Here's where I'm at. Tried with no avail to achieve a shave ready edge with my new king stones. I think the stand alone stone is 6k because the only stand alone 4K I see online is green and the 6k...

Harsh shave that was quickly abandoned. Possibilities include micro chips, a burr as stated earlier, ??

I use half strokes occasionally but mostly alternating xstrokes.

I use 30x loupe when something is funny. Usually all goes well.

Kaptain Zero I appreciate the reply I do, but I can confidently say that I know what tests work for me when it comes to edge tests .I am a skilled coticule user who never got the hang of the...

No I didn't use a slurry on the 8k. I used more pressure on the 8k and trailed it off to finish on it with much better results. Maybe saying it dulled wasn't the right word. 1 and 4K had that nice...

So they arrived. I used them, I find a nice sharp Bevel off the 1k, the 4K sharpness is still there and then 8k ....> gone. Mind boggling.. this is part of the reasons I let my synthetics all go. All...

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I have had many different sets of synthetics in the past, shapton glass, 'norton, naniwa. I never spent the time to learn them and was always drawn back to my coticule's. (I collected way...