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Rich,

Bart made the comment that the les latneuses was a fast cutting stone, and the other side is a marbly coticule that tends to leave a very smooth edge that some guys prefer. Plus they look...

With your setup, I'd focus on:

* Learning what a truly set bevel feels like
* X strokes
* Circles

in that order. The dirty (not so) secret thing about honing is that great edges are 90% what...

Another consideration:

Most of my coticule using friends use smaller stones (30-45mm wide). Doing circles on a stone that narrow doesn't come as easily for me, so I prefer the half-strokes with...

This is valid point. Coticule.be is about trying to maximize the efficiency of coticules. That's the bottom line. While other stones are discussed and appreciated, there is just not enough...