pinklather
Well-Known Member
Having gotten favorable results from using my first coti as a finisher only, I thought I'd try a dulicot on an old US blade from bevel on. 'Dulled the edge on the rim of a ceramic bowl, confirmed it wouldn't cut arm hair.
Resetting the bevel took some time, but did it's job. The Atoma 1200 diamond plate would be much faster. I used primarily circles with some pressure, and finished w/ a few x-strokes.
First dilution to bring it up to 8k+ levels. Sets of 3 sets of 30 circles and it was already doing better than the process I've been doing (norton 4k, Nani 8k). This was FAST. The quality/steadiness of my strokes make the progress from here more difficult. I'm lousy at HHT except w/ a C12k. I could coax some results off the stone, but several further attempts made no improvement, so I stropped and did a small test shave (atg on heavy growth) and got really good results. I suspect the limitations of my stroke smoothness and flatness will be the main obstacle at this point. I would really have to obtain sample hair with which to calibrate my results, 'cause my hair doesn't work well. A neighbor does hair dressing, and the local barber would be likely sources.
What was amazing was the speed and ease the edge went from a set bevel to being ready for finishing. I see what Paul and WDRX were speaking about - that the one rock did it all, and does it pretty quickly. The edge from progressing through dilutions was better than my edges on the Nani 8k. Maybe this is another case of stone compatibility with the steel, but it sure did the job convincingly.
So I'm late to the party, learning what most here already know. 'Glad I got here.
Resetting the bevel took some time, but did it's job. The Atoma 1200 diamond plate would be much faster. I used primarily circles with some pressure, and finished w/ a few x-strokes.
First dilution to bring it up to 8k+ levels. Sets of 3 sets of 30 circles and it was already doing better than the process I've been doing (norton 4k, Nani 8k). This was FAST. The quality/steadiness of my strokes make the progress from here more difficult. I'm lousy at HHT except w/ a C12k. I could coax some results off the stone, but several further attempts made no improvement, so I stropped and did a small test shave (atg on heavy growth) and got really good results. I suspect the limitations of my stroke smoothness and flatness will be the main obstacle at this point. I would really have to obtain sample hair with which to calibrate my results, 'cause my hair doesn't work well. A neighbor does hair dressing, and the local barber would be likely sources.
What was amazing was the speed and ease the edge went from a set bevel to being ready for finishing. I see what Paul and WDRX were speaking about - that the one rock did it all, and does it pretty quickly. The edge from progressing through dilutions was better than my edges on the Nani 8k. Maybe this is another case of stone compatibility with the steel, but it sure did the job convincingly.
So I'm late to the party, learning what most here already know. 'Glad I got here.