The Wife gave my La Verte a last minute pardon: I no longer have to sell it. In celebration, we spent the day together... No, not me and the wife, silly, me and the La Verte.
I've mentioned previously that I love the La Verte as a finisher, but dilucot on it is a lesson in patience. So I thought maybe I could speed it up.
I also have a very old, small Pike brand coticule that is extremely fast, but doesn't finish out well.
So I used the Pike as a slurry stone on the La Verte, and did a nice gradual dilucot from bevel set through finished blade. Shaved with it last night. Darn near spot on. I could still use a bit more keen, like I get from, um, "other" sharpening methods, but it's almost not worth sacrificing the smooth.
The Pike as a slurry stone completely altered the characteristics of the La Verte. The dilucot was fast, painless, and by the time I finished on water, I was left with the La Verte finish, which is *much* more keen that the edge left when the Pike is used as a finisher.
I'm a bit mystified by these results, as it seems like I've read in other places that the slurry stone used won't noticeably alter the characteristics of the coticule itself. Regardless, it worked, and worked well.
I've mentioned previously that I love the La Verte as a finisher, but dilucot on it is a lesson in patience. So I thought maybe I could speed it up.
I also have a very old, small Pike brand coticule that is extremely fast, but doesn't finish out well.
So I used the Pike as a slurry stone on the La Verte, and did a nice gradual dilucot from bevel set through finished blade. Shaved with it last night. Darn near spot on. I could still use a bit more keen, like I get from, um, "other" sharpening methods, but it's almost not worth sacrificing the smooth.
The Pike as a slurry stone completely altered the characteristics of the La Verte. The dilucot was fast, painless, and by the time I finished on water, I was left with the La Verte finish, which is *much* more keen that the edge left when the Pike is used as a finisher.
I'm a bit mystified by these results, as it seems like I've read in other places that the slurry stone used won't noticeably alter the characteristics of the coticule itself. Regardless, it worked, and worked well.