Quote Originally Posted by Badgister View Post
High lap count won’t equate to a better HHT. In fact because the stone is fast, the autoslurry will start to have a dulling effect after too many strokes.

My advice would be to do extra light ( weight of the blade) strokes on running water, or soapy water for adding slickness, not too many, say 10 laps, and go back to the strop, if the HHT is still not to your liking, repeat the process again, and go back to the strop, until you really zero in on the edge you want and squeeze out that maximum keenness out of the stone.
This. After that, try the lightest pressure you can manage, and a lot more laps. Finally, a bunch of very short strokes.

It is really hard to break out of the envelope with a coticule. If you really nail it, consider yourself blessed.