I was not implying anything...I was just simply trying to spread my opinion as to what method has been successful for me. As for the coticule, I own one for razors and another for knives. I also own a large BBW I use for my fillet knives. And being my paranoid/anal nature, fearing there will come a day that the Belgians will have stripped the mine bare, I bought a very nice coticule I keep in my safe to give to my son on a later birthday.