Thread: Belgian Coticule as finishing stone?

i am against to advise people to use how many strokes etc.
this is what i think.
1 usually there is hard to find exact hardness steel . 2 blades which is made in same company has different hardness sometimes.
2 nd Belgian coticles are natural stones and you will never find exact 2 coticles quality hardness etc.cutting quality
3 rd .Belgian's handy stone you can use it put final edge and get ok shave (fist use with slurry then slowly increase water amount)
But if you want to get great edge then you have to move up a little bit.escher's ,katayama (i have never used it) and pastes.
hope this information helps.

I have not been shaving for very long.
There are synthetics that could replace it.

If you are honing your own razors and you do not have a coticule, then you missing out on a pretty big thing