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My take on the coti honing process is to add water to incrementally dilute the slurry until you are honing essentially with just water. How dilute the slurry you start with depends very much on how...

It was shaving OK, but was just starting to tug a bit.

I had just received a roll of Kapton tape, which I had never used before. I had always used 3M electrical tape. My understanding is that...

I just went through the whole coticule progression with a Wade to & Butcher near wedge. This is the first time I used Kapton tape, so I basically had to start from scratch with the bevel reset.
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The chromium oxide is usually rated at around 30K grit. There aren’t many stones that can polish to that level.

Have you tried a couple of “weight of the razor” dry laps on the coticule after...

With man made stones, the grit is a measure of “coarseness”. Low grit number = big abrasive particles and large chunks of metal removed. High grit number = less metal removed and way smaller...

I am fortunate that two of my coticules are natural combination BBW/coticule stones. Most of the cotis have a black clay schist backing to stabilize the coti layer. FOr mine, the two layers...

Now this is a rabbit hole you are really going to enjoy exploring.

Did Ardenes give you any hint about the vein from which the coti came? If they did, they have opened the door to another rabbit...