Originally Posted by
Marshal
What I do varies widely. It all depends on what the blade needs, what I'm trying to achieve, and what I feel like doing that day. I've got a small variety of hones, and simply enjoy rotating them all and playing with them. Naturals are my favorites, so the synthetics only come out when I need more heavy work done, or I'm looking to test a new hone's capacity relative to a high grit synthetic. Barber hones are the exception, 2 of those reside in the shaving den in case the razor I want to use isn't quite up to snuff.
The original objective was to test the new coticule relative to the synthetic 8K. I botched that test, then sidetracked myself trying to touch up/fix the edge with nothing but the coticule. I guess this is why you don't jump in with both feet on an unfamiliar stone?
I feel like this stone probably can do what I'm trying to accomplish with it. I just don't know it well enough to squeeze the performance out of it. Yet.