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One of the reasons certain hones are so popular is the fact that you can marry them to almost any razor. Naniwas, Nortons, coticules and Eschers usually are perfect husbands to most razors.

I never do pyramids, if you need to go down the grit ladder it simply means your edge was not ready to move up.

One of my "methods" is to use a narrow hone (1" width) on very smiley blades.