I personally think people put too much importance on what vein a stone comes from. Who cares, or at least should care? The only important thing is how the stone performs and give me a beautifully smooth and fast cutting super vintage coticule over the best new "named" coticule any day of the week. People treat the named coticules the same as I would see in people sporting "Cartier" jewelry and Rolex watches. I guess you have to ask yourself, what importance is the stone for you - as a status symbol or a stone that just sharpens razors extremely well. I don't think any name will guarantee that, even the best named coticules. From any vein, some are good and some not so good. The vein does give you some idea of consistency and characteristics, but I don't think people throw the names around with that in mind. It has become expensive "razor" accessory jewelry with name status attached.