results of my la grosse blanch. i was sold this hone 2 weeks ago, my good mate blacktan put me on to it, thanxs bill.
i asked why he was selling this stone? he replyed he had not much look with it, and preferd his hybrid, fairenough i thought.
i have had good results so far. the shave today on the same razor was absalutley superb, extra smooth and boy so mellow , yet keen enough. now this may well could be down to the honing being spot on. the ht was as good as the other coti's , just this edge absalutley suited my skin, it was gainst the grain i found this razors edge og lgb to feel flawless, leaving no alum block sting and thats good for me as my skin is sensative under my chin. I even did two pases against the grain, no problems. the differance in keness was the same the feel in smootness was the same as most coti's that i have been succesful with. the differance was the tame ness, the edge felt more tame as in mellow which is my favourite edge . the la vainette equls this also they are very similar . i'm quite shocked as i read many post wher keness seems to be lacking with the more mellow edges, i have found no differance. this edge is staying and i won't be rehoning, at this mo in time.
on the whole the differances are dependant on the honing, and i do believe some cotis can have that bit more mellowness, and have a real dull feel, while shaving, where as other fel that bit sharper still quite dull, so hard to describe for me. i also tryed lgb with a dovo using unicot, and the shave was identical to the dilucot, i think its worth using unicot edges to get a feel of the coticule edge, if your struggling with dilucot. i acatuly like the unicot edges as much..
gary