Newbie here. Do anyone of you veteran honers know the best way to get the most out of these deep rock coticules? I tried to slurry mine but it hardly gives up slurry. When it does slurry, the result of shaving off slurry is rather rough even with stropping. I also tried water only on the deep rock, but my razor wasn't as keen as with the coticule I got directly from Ardennes. Off the deep rock coticule, the razor barely passes any hanging hair test. If it does, it makes a loud twang cutting the hair. On the other hand, with the stone from Ardennes my razor passes the hanging hair test each time off of just water, around 30-50 stroke and strop with minimal effort. And do you guys know if these deep rock coticules are similar to the BARBERS SPECIAL BELGIAN RAZOR HONEs I see on Ebay? They look very similar. If the barber's special coticule is way better I'll try to get that one to try. Thanks.

Jerry