Adventure with my (new) coticule

Woohoo!

I just re-honed my razor from barely shaving to "do I really need a strop?" status.

I used the belgian coticule I got from www.bestsharpeningstones.com , and WOW. That was NEAT!

I got a slurry stone too - worked up some slurry, and went to it!
I honed my own razor sitting on my picnic table, listening to the creek.

After I let myself get the hang of it for a little while, I got serious, made sure the bevel was good, and wound up using the electrical tape (2 pieces, right?) for the final edge.
I also used the dilucot method of diluting the slurry, and my attempts to shave my arm and my face went from a struggle to cut the hair to an ease I only felt... well, after Mr. Rupp honed my razor!

Coticules! Woohoo!

-off to shave, shower, and buy an old razor at today's swap meet-

Congratulations!

Ahhhhh. That's the best shave I've had in over a month.
Shaving ATG with a sharp straight is like scratching an itch that can't be scratched by anything else.

Nice to have something that eats through 4 days of growth like it's nothing.