Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
In our search for an ever sharper edge we tend to forget the smoothness of the humble and trusted coticule. Another problem is that no 2 coticules have the same cutting qualities, some are less useful for straights. In the olden days coticules were hand selected by the vendors (like Pike etc.). Nowadays they are sold as they come and no one tests them before they get to the user. Maybe Howard Schechter does? But even then there is a large intercoticule variability. Synthetic hones do not have that problem.

Sounds like J-Nats with O-S. Id like to try a coticule one of these days.