Got my first ever coticule today in the mail from TSS. My current set up is King 1k, 6k, Norton 8k, and cnat after which I hit crox on cotton. I have gotten some fairly good results from the above, but I'm growing weary of the cnat and feeling like if I don't use crox the edge just isn't good enough. I want to use the coticule as more of a finisher at first, then maybe try to do a blade coming off the King 1k from bevel set through to finish.
I grabbed a wade and butcher I have that I have only recently gotten a passable edge out of and started hitting the coticule after lapping flat. I did use a bit of slurry and diluted as I went finally ending with plain water. I'm not sure how many laps I did with plain water and light touch, but I went with a bit of glycerin and water to finish with 50 laps. After all this I went ahead and lathered up to shave since I felt like I was getting better action tree topping arm and leg hair than usual coming right off the stones. This is may be the first time I've not gone with crox before shaving ever. I was hoping it would be a better edge than it had before. It felt strange. Like it was fairly sharp, but just not quite there and tugged too much. I resisted the temptation to use the crox as I wanted to see what a coticule edge feels like and be able to gauge my progress as I figure this out. After the uneventful shave I hit the stone with another 75 or so laps on lather and got a bit better tree topping action. I will probably do some more on lather before I try the next shave with this blade. To be fair, I normally shower before I shave and I didn't this time which could be a contributing factor. I do feel like it was at least as good if not better than I normally have coming off the cnat. I'm sure if had just hit the crox it would have been right where I like it, but I'm stuck on wanting to figure this out.
I grabbed a wade and butcher I have that I have only recently gotten a passable edge out of and started hitting the coticule after lapping flat. I did use a bit of slurry and diluted as I went finally ending with plain water. I'm not sure how many laps I did with plain water and light touch, but I went with a bit of glycerin and water to finish with 50 laps. After all this I went ahead and lathered up to shave since I felt like I was getting better action tree topping arm and leg hair than usual coming right off the stones. This is may be the first time I've not gone with crox before shaving ever. I was hoping it would be a better edge than it had before. It felt strange. Like it was fairly sharp, but just not quite there and tugged too much. I resisted the temptation to use the crox as I wanted to see what a coticule edge feels like and be able to gauge my progress as I figure this out. After the uneventful shave I hit the stone with another 75 or so laps on lather and got a bit better tree topping action. I will probably do some more on lather before I try the next shave with this blade. To be fair, I normally shower before I shave and I didn't this time which could be a contributing factor. I do feel like it was at least as good if not better than I normally have coming off the cnat. I'm sure if had just hit the crox it would have been right where I like it, but I'm stuck on wanting to figure this out.