Originally Posted by
Neil Miller
I dunno, maybe it is just me, but although I do not usually choose anything below the final hone on the basis of the razor (unless it is warped and I need a narrow set of hones), I do find that the type of steel in the razors I generally hone - old sheffield steel - will dictate the type of finisher. Some modern high grit finishers will start the edges of these oldies micro-chipping, which I take to be the razor saying lay off and try something else. Which often happens to be a hone with a softer matrix, or more often than not a coticule.
Regards,
Neil