For a while now I've been honing my coticule razor after every shave.
But honing lite. A hard coticule, under running water, only a dozen laps, very short three inch laps, as light pressure as I can.
Very good results.
The idea came from The Method. I enjoy The Method and I suspect one of the reasons The Method works is that it uses a honing medium that is super light duty. It has almost no effect. Such little effect that you have to do it after every shave.
And that works well.
So how about applying the theory behind The Method to stones? Can a stone be used so lightly that it becomes as gentle as pasted balsa?
So for a coticule that would be as described above. Make it as light as possible, so all it does is undo the damage caused by the previous shave. Like The Method does.
It's easy to do. I do it after the shave, as I have to rinse the razor anyway.
Anyone else doing this? Maybe folk have been doing this for ages.
But honing lite. A hard coticule, under running water, only a dozen laps, very short three inch laps, as light pressure as I can.
Very good results.
The idea came from The Method. I enjoy The Method and I suspect one of the reasons The Method works is that it uses a honing medium that is super light duty. It has almost no effect. Such little effect that you have to do it after every shave.
And that works well.
So how about applying the theory behind The Method to stones? Can a stone be used so lightly that it becomes as gentle as pasted balsa?
So for a coticule that would be as described above. Make it as light as possible, so all it does is undo the damage caused by the previous shave. Like The Method does.
It's easy to do. I do it after the shave, as I have to rinse the razor anyway.
Anyone else doing this? Maybe folk have been doing this for ages.