I use barts halve stroke on coticule and it great for speed to get bevel back. I brought the dvd and watched it several times but i have to say i did'nt fancy the using the method my self and i stick to the usaul x pattern along with circles / halve stroke only when needed. The actual shaving demo by howard him selve surprised me it did'nt look very nice with the amount of blood he was creating if i shaved my customers like that they'd never come back. Even though thats what happens when you shave against the grain in some cases depending on your skin.