Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Than there are the honemeisters and the pro honers who sharpen and finish professionally. For them the main thing is , I think, consistency, though there may be overlap between pro honers and sport honers.

The pro honer needs something that will be predictable and consistent because his volume will , chances are, be well over that of the sport honer. So pro honers, while they may use some naturals, tend to do the meat and potatoes bevel setting and sharpening with synthetics. They may or may not go to the naturals for the finish. Then there is paste to throw into the mix.
I realize many of you think it is true but it isn't about speed, it is about perfection...

Consistency is the truth, but I think you missed a small bit in there

Building consistency comes from the knowledge of which stone works BEST, not fastest, with each razor... I only wish it were that easy to go to the fastest most consistent system..

Keep in mind when you are talking pro honing you now might just learn the truth about how well you actually hone, not what you think to be the truth, but what somebody else tells you is the truth...
The acid test for anybody who hones is to charge a complete stranger across an ocean who paid more for the shipping then for the honing on his Full custom razor and tell him you did it the fastest way possible and it is a perfectly adequate job... just don't try that too often

You better know that when you pick the hones/stones to do the job that you picked the ones that are going to give the smoothest most comfortable shave possible on his razor...

And BTW that choice of stones could be different for each person and their technique, hence right back to where I joined this conversation "There is no best hone"

And to tie it totally back to the OP a Naniwa 12k may very well improve the keenness of your Coticule edge and that might be a viable system for you to use.. I might find that the best edge on that razor comes from a Norton 8k then my Coticule, or perhaps just my Coticule using the "One Hone System" after a bevel set, or heaven forbid that soulless Naniwa 12k might just be the best edge for that razor without the Coticule, only trying it all will tell you the truth...