Just received these babies today and my oh my pictures do not do coticules justice I have a strange feeling ill be buying a bigger one soon :( and I ordered a new(to me) razor to test drive this beautiful stone, I went from no cutting (or even catching) on hht to silently (but still a slight Pop) cutting of the hair in 10 minutes on This stone(30 laps milky slurry, 20 diluted, ~40 plain water and 80 or so laps on 2 strops). I've never felt another Coticule but it feels like swiping the razor on Glass with just water, slurries after around 10 laps, and I can't scratch it with my nail.