As we are finding out, it seems that you really can maintain your razor on a lot of stones including, Norton, Naniwa, Shapton, Coticule, Escher, Thuringen, Nakayama, Chinese, Barber Hones and possibly a few others.

It will really boil down to personal preference. Nothing wrong with using pastes to refresh a razor and prolong the need for honing. Again a personal preference thing. I have had great success with the .5 diamond spray, paste and chromium oxide. I have also enjoyed using a black boron oxide too followed by chromium oxide on razors that were close to bring them to poifect.

Lynn