Originally Posted by
regularjoe
Unfortunately, I think you will have to buy some synthetic stones, and see if you can make any different headway with them. I can't tell you which vein it's from. Nobody has convinced me so far that it matters in the least which vein a coticule is from. I think MY razors should definitely be very easily cutting MY hairs at any point along the edge. But that isn't something that'll help YOU with YOUR razors. Which is something you already had figured out. Some say that stainless blades are more difficult to hone. Others say there's no difference except for time on the stones. I'm of the opinion that stainless razors are more difficult to get a good edge on. But that might change as I hone more stainless razors. I guess the theme is:YMMV. I hate to do that, but I really feel like it's the truth of it for all three questions. Coticules are so different, one from another, even within veins. There might be ten guys that say they have a Dressante, and it's the bees knees. Guy eleven buys one, and it'll never do anything for him. The ten guys will say it's his fault, or they'll throw out the common thing about each one being unique. Well if they're all unique, then we may as well toss the vein names. But for some reason...we don't.