What attracted me to eschers to begin with, besides reading about them on the forums, was that they were labeled as being specifically for razors. Shaptons, Nortons .... synthetic stones in general, are made with tools, chisels, plane blades in mind. We use them and they work , but the idea that a stone was specifically recomended for razors was what brought me to the eschers. At that time there weren't many members who had them and the ones that did used them water only.

I read the instructions and decided that I'd follow them. They called for a light slurry. Shortly thereafter the coticule guys were getting into the dulicot thing and I messed with that with the coti and the escher. Anyway, the escher is a razor stone as is the coticule. The escher is the best one AFAIC. May not give the sharpest edge ..... or maybe it will, in the right hands .... but it gives the most comfortable/sharp edge for my particular physiognomy.