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Setting a bevel with a Coticule takes time. Slurry helps speed up a Coticule.
Expect to hone and shave test on multiple weekends with only a coti until
it gets right.

As for setting a bevel on...

A big DMT is nice but not required.
Invest in a couple 14"x14" granite tiles
and use them to lap you hones on.

The back is rough enough to gets most
water stones started and the front
flat...

I used a coti for 20 years as my only hone.
Used it like a barber hone, 5-10 hone strokes
never lapped it never had a rubbing stone for it.

Then one day I discovered this gaggle of folk and...