The Coticule "Selected" consist of a Coticule top side of 7 to 10 mm and a bottom side of unusable black shist. The Coticule stone has between 6000 and 8000 grits and contains 30 to 42 % garnets, which results into the stone being very fast at whetting knives. The Coticule has a yellow-white colour with red and green shades from time to time. For ultimate sharpness, you can use a grindstone with 12 000 grit, or lapping paste on your strop. Watch Gents video on stropping and honing your straight razor. You can also read more here! If you want to rank the use of grindstones / lapping pastes it looks like this: Starting point = Very dull razor/renovation object Grindstone with very low grit Grindstone with grit 6-8000 Grindstone with grit 12 000- more Lapping Paste White If the razor is sharp and pleasant, finish now with stropping the knife against a strop who had not received any other treatment than leather conditioner/fat. Ready! If the razor instead is so sharp and aggressive that you experience razor burn and a itching sensation on the skin? Continue below. Lapping Paste Green (Chromium Oxide) Finish with stropping the knife against a strop who had not received any other treatment than leather conditioner/fat. Ready!
