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Thats what i am finding bbw/ yellow works good. I have just dulled razor again yellow slurry honed diluted to water and razor passes hht very good so that method also is looking ok jim how many laps...

I no people see this all the time.All the vendors that sell yellow coticule say how easy it is to get a very fine edge of coticule all you do is create a very fine slurry and away you go That is in...

I have brought 5 restored razors from this chap and one was a 6/8 duble duck and trust me when he says near new they are mint and i highly recomend. They come totaly shave ready and he uses 4k 8k and...

I am a casual honer for my self i have one mate who i met through here srp and i have sheared my honing experiance with him in person and he made me a balsa paddle and i gave him some ch.5 pwder for...

I like the coticule for the same reasons plus i have been a barber for 22 years and i regret actualy throwing away an old dished soap stone as they called them and an old strop along with a good 10...

I for one enjoyed reading barts post and will miss them he was very helpful and a good member

I agree you can put a bevel on a razor i have done and finished on water and the shave is unprdictable as bart will agree and has menthoned the problem is you don't get a great shave with that...

You've hit the nail on the head. That is why i got one after reading up on the cotis i even brough a blue not long after and a couple more coti because i read they can all vary i then purchased one...

I agree on that my point was shaving of blue with slurry was sharper than yellow with slurry i have shaved of blue many of time only after setting bevel on dmt then 4k n 8k n bbw light slurry and...

I have dmt 4k 8k etc plus my blue and yellow i brought yellow first because i read you could achieve a very fine edge so i thought great one hone will do the lot I honed on yellow with slurry tpt...

I agree with slurry there does seem to be a maximun sharpness with water after a little finer. with paste even sharper but with norton 4k 8k and then bbw s yellow water works every time for me...

I first brought my coticule in reading your post on coti. Do you still use the yellow coticule nower days.

That is what has confused me i dulled my dovo tortoise honed on slurry diluted down to plain water and did 100 laps on water shaved great 15 laps on ch.5 10/10. my bismark shaved exallant added paste...

Jim i have also done every method that bart as mentioned and after yellow slurry bbw does add more keeness your right and i have done dmt bbw slurry and yellow with water and that works realy...

I've just honed a shave ready razor over my coticule with a slight slurry and the shave was still ok but defanatley lost sharpness to before i could shave with it but it would'nt glide down and...

I have to say i just love the coticules for some reason. I have quite a thew blue and yellows plus 4k 8k noton pasted paddle 1k n and 1200 dmt and i have just got hold of a never used barbers hone...