Originally Posted by
gugi
you could've simply used a thread title that describes better your question. For example "What do I gain from adding a coticule to my honing setup?".
You can ask somebody who has a coticule and is good at using it to hone/finish one of your razors with it and see what you think. Even if you have to pay for the service it's not going to be $300.
Or you can borrow somebody else's 'good' coticule and try for yourself - make some friends on the internet, or go to a meeting where people bring hones.
Or you can find a vendor who would allow you to return the hone if you don't like it. Or perhaps a local vendor who would allow you to test the hone before buying it.
Those are really all of your options if you don't want to just buy something based solely on other people's opinion and then find out if it was good or bad buy.