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That's exactly what I meant Paul.

Stopping on linen and leather is needed after any stone, but a Coticle edge needs a lot of linen especially.

My post hone routine for a coti, is 60 on linen,...

I was using a micro bevel to experiment so I just rubbed the slurry stone 3 times to make a very small thin slurry but If I was doing a full progression I would dilute the slurry until I had plain...

Well, I have been experimenting with my Coticule edges.

Dry with Crox
Running water with Crox
Dry without Crox
Running Water without Crox.

I found the nicest keenest smoothest shave was...

Far be it from me to disagree with you Glen, to be honest I'm not comfortable even writing this.

I would be grateful for some idiot proof explanation. When I got my Coti I did the usual research,...

I'm sure you're right, sandpaper would work well.

My Coticle edges are already chamfered now, I used a 400 diamond plate and then smoothed them nicely with the slurry stone. It was a very quick...

I use just a layer of Kapton Tape as well, I like to get as close to no tape honing as I can but not cause any spine wear and the Kapton is very thin but lasts well.

If I want a micro bevel I add...

Thanks Tristan, I upped my canvas stropping from 15 to 60 and then 80 on leather.

I just shaved and there was a huge difference in the smoothness.

Thanks Mike, an Escher sounds intriguing, I may well try to get one eventually but I need to really understand my Coticule and my Arks first and squeeze everything I can out of them.

Talking of my...

I just finished my kinfolks again, again, again. I will keep re-honing or refinishing with the same razor over and over because I want to get my Coti down and only using it when I need to would take...

Over the weekend I'm going to finish my razor 30 x-strokes dry but not use Chrox to see how that feels, I'll do the same with running water a few days later.

I should have a good idea what I like...

I added a layer of kapton tape (because that is how I honed it on the synths) and a layer of electrical tape.

I did 30 x-strokes dry on my coti.

I feel that using running water is smoother...

Well, I had my shower and shave this morning. That kinfolks astounded me. The edge was really good (sharp as a razor so to speak), it was coti smooth and I had a BBS shave with no pressure, didn't...

This morning I killed the edge on my Kinfolks and set the bevel on a 1k Norton, I progressed 4K/8k and 12k Naniwa SS.

I wanted to use no tape yet but also didn't want to wear the spine so I used a...

This morning before my shave I used a layer of tape and 30 laps on my coti dry, 20 laps on Cotton and 40 on leather.

It made an awesome difference, my edge is sharp but smooth!

Thank you DZEC...

I am toying with the idea of getting a BBW, basically because I don't have one :rofl2:

I am a bit confused. I have been under the impession that a BBW is coarser than a yellow coti and better for...

This morning I had another shave with the same coti edge that disappointed me yesterday except that I added 25 laps on ChroOx.

My shave today was completely different, BBS without much effort.
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Yes, I did.

There ya go, the slurry stone wore the print off but that's ok, I took a pic before i used it.

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I couldn't wait so i just had a shave with my fresh coti edge.

I'm a bit disappointed and will kill the edge and keep trying on the same razor to reduce the variables until I have it cracked.
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They said they hadn't named it but it is select. It's newly mined not vintage.

I can get special stones like La Vienette or La Latneusse (don't know how to spell that one) but they are expensive...

I chamfered the edges on my new Coti, I also did my small slurry stone as well. I know I didn't need to but I thought I might as well while my 400 diamond plate was out.

I played with the stone...

Just a quick question guys.

I have been warned not to use a diamond plate on an Ark or any slate.

Can I use a diamond plate to chamfer the edges on my coti?