I touched up the razors in my rotation with 30 laps on a 16K Shapton, and I wondered if a Swaty would have done equally as well. The Swaty did terrific with a Boker Red Injun I have. I'm still in that "What am I going to do" stage when it comes to honing, basically because I wonder if I do it too much. This is probably because in the early days it seemed like nothing I did was good enough or the right combination. Neverthless, I do get the job done these days so I must be doing something right. I tape the spine on my razors so I don't worry about hone wear.