Originally Posted by
woodsmandave
I do not intend to get any more hones (unless a particularly special coticule crosses my path at the right price)
I've had my norton 1/4 from the beginning, and use to have a kitayama as a finishing hone, but promptly sold it once I got my coticule. Now, I use the coticule after the 4k side of the norton. So, My coticule has to take a 4k edge to shave ready. I don't think that's too much to ask of it, and though it may be trickier than, say, a naniwa 12k, I would prefer not to spend more money on a hone to fill the gap (the gap being an inability to use the coticule to its full potential)
Instead of buying yet another 8k, I'll just turn back to the diamond spray if I have to (but the point of this thread was that I don't want to)