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ok, then I guess I was just verry lucky when I started out a couple of months ago and did the exact same thing as the OP discribes using my smal coti.

but then again the OP's message did say ...

that's not a minimalist set-up, if you only have to do the one or two razors, and have the time to learn to hone a small 4x10 centimeter coticule will work. bevel setting will be slow but who cares...

I'va done a couple of restores on a small 4 X 10 cm coticule which costed me 40 euro's and if I'm realy honest to myself, the other >100 euro's spend on hones after that was not realy nessesary.
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