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In slurry mode, the coticule is a hone for bevel correction. On dull razors, certainly if the bevel got convexed from a few touch-ups on paste, a good deal of steel needs to be removed before the...

Thanks for sharing your experience on this thread, Howard. It's much appreciated.
It's true that I never got a great edge right off a coticule with slurry, regardless how thick or thin I make it,...

Ben, I was out hiking in the Ardens during the past few days. Thanks for stepping in for me.:)
Your exegesis is correct.

I like to think of hones in three categories:

1. Hones for bevel...

«A Coticule, when used with water as a polisher/finisher, smooths out almost any edge, also those that are sharper than what can be achieved with the Coticule by itself. It will not refine the edge...

For the better part of the past year, I 've been honing with nothing more than one DMT 1200, 3 Belgian Blues and a small collection of Coticules. I have conducted many comparative tests.
So far I...