Gary, forgive me for giving my unsolicited opinion. If all that you have is a coticule than that is what you have to do. OTOH, if you had a 1k stone or better yet a DMT D8E 1200 you would have had the bevel set and been done with a 1/4 of the time and effort. If you are doing it for the experience that is fine too. Different strokes for different folks.