That's good information. To answer the question, I use a Belgian BBW/coti for honing, but as a beginner, I have not been willing to try honing any of my actual "shave ready" razors until I get the skills for it. I've been able to get a trash Chinese razor relatively sharp using these stones, but I feel like I'm still not at the stage where I need to be.

In other words, the razors that I am polishing on the Escher/Thuringian now have been honed by someone else (Bob Keyes), and I believe that he uses a typical Norton 4k/8k setup and then just stropping.

I was hoping that the combination of the Escher/Thuringian I am using now plus good stropping technique will keep the razor edges I have now fresh and sharp for a while. I'm finding that I can go many months without needing any rehoning, but a few of the blades start to "pull" and catch on whiskers after about 10 shaves or so, even with the best stropping (or at least the best stropping that I can do). Does it make sense to use the Escher/Thuringian in that situation? Anyway, I hope so!