Originally Posted by
eKretz
I think the main takeaway here is that the vast majority of coticules can be used to finish a razor satisfactorily, but a fair percentage of them require considerably more skill/technique from the honer than others, so are much tougher for beginners to use. Some of these stones are *hone, strop, great shave* and others are *hone, strop, fail*; *try another honing technique, fail*; *try another honing technique, great shave* or *give up assuming the stone is useless for razors* with varying multiples of trying new techniques until success is achieved or the person gives up. I think most that have more experience with coticules would agree with this.