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Testing the scratch pattern sounds like a good idea. I've heard the coticule described as 8K, 10K, and 12K. Some professional honers go from the 8K synthetic to the coticule for finishing. My...

Thanks for that. I see they describe it as at about 4K. I read somewhere else 6K. Looks as if it would work fine as a stone intermediate between the 1K and the 8K, if one wants to fill that gap.

A couple of people have told me of a different variation--they go directly from the 1K to the Dragon's tongue, using a thick slurry and diluting to water, and then to a finishing stone.

I suspect...

I've never come straight from a 4K stone to a coti. I go from 4K to a Welsh DT, usually graded at around 8K, but with a wide range of cutting depending on the slurry. Typically, I'll run from thick...

I have a natural BBW/Coticule combination hone. I read somewhere that a BBW has about half the garnet content of a coticule. I also read a rating of the BBW at about 6k grit.

Here's the question:...