Sounds like what I've been doing with my Oohira and coti... next will be the Kitayama But I only do 10-20 laps on each stone and I get the smoothest shaves, so far

My coti is a bonded combi and a soft fast cutter, I would love to come across a hard slow to feel the difference. But the next one I order will be the Kitayama or equivilent.