No, the blue is way too slow of a cutter to do any serious bevel work even though it leaves a smooth scratch pattern in the 4-6K range. I have not found a good natural stone for this purpose. In his honing video, Dave Martel, Master Japanese Knife sharpener, said that in general natural stones below 1K are junk, and synthetic stones above 1K are junk. I am not so sure about the second part of the statement, but I agree with the first part. The best stones that I have found for this purpose have been the DMT-E and Norton 4K. You can use all the natural stones that you want after that.

David