I have a few self-honed razors that are "almost there" - I can get a nice BBS shave with them, but it just takes a bit more work than one of my honemeister-honed blades. For instance, going down the cheek or up the neck, I would do 3-4 strokes vs 2 strokes with the latter. There is no pulling WTG on the cheek, but some going N-S along the cheek at the side of the mouth and sides of the jaw.

If I understood them right, some threads would recommend doing several laps on a coticule for something like this. I don't have a yellow coticule, but I use a Spyderco UF as my finishing stone. I have also heard of the UF (as well as the coticule and escher) being referred to as similar to a barber hone (I take this to mean that it can be used for touchups, or am I wrong?).

My question is, can I use the UF in this scenario?

How many laps? There are many threads on the coticule but few on the UF - how fast or slow is the UF compared to the coticule?