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Glad to see another hone aficionado coming to the forum, especially a coticule user. According to Bart, a forum member who has researched the coticule to the maximum, the garnet in the blue is larger...

It is a technique that Harrelson Stanley of Shapton USA uses for plane irons. He adapted it to straight razors in a DVD put out by Howard of The Perfect Edge. I describe my limited experience with it...

It is a very light breadknifing to remove any anomalies (microscopic) on the cutting edge. Harrelson does it on the DVD that Howard did where the side sharpening technique is demonstrated.

Welcome to SRP Tom. Thanks for the analytical approach to the pyramid technique. I learned using Lynn's DVD and the Norton 4/8 with that method. I have experimented with progressive honing and also...