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If you are referring to the purplish dots, those are not the actual garnets. Those dots are in the 100-300 micron range. I think the garnets are the smaller specks that can be seen with magnification...

No need to worry. Just use 320 girt sand paper of a decent quality. Or even coarser. At work I keep a Coticule for sharpening knives that are being used to cut paper and cardboard. That particular...

Gary, no need to shout so loud, my friend:eek: (in case you don't know, capitals mean you are shouting:))

Yes, I think maintaining a razor is very possible with a Blue and a Coticule.
During the...

If you want to use your Coticule as a finishing hone, than don't worry about slurry. According to a booklet, written some 30 years ago (in French) about Coticule, fast and soft coticules were used to...

One of my most consistent honing progressions is the following:

Hone on DMT 1200 till the bevel is flawless and sharpness maxes out.
At that point a razor shaves arm hair like a charm. I also...