Hi niftyshaving,
Thanks for the advice. I did 5 up and down strokes on the W&B tonight, I'll see what it feels like tomorrow. I also tried out the Norton 4/8 with the pretty blunt Emil Kronenberg I'm trying to polish and hone, with not a great deal of success. I intend to hand polish it with just wet and dry and some polishing pad things I got from the hardware shop. All the rust is removed but of course it's left behind some pitting. I probably need a couple of weeks of polishing with 600 or 1200 now, not sure whether to stop at 600 or not. We'll see. I'm finding it quite relaxing. Then I'll try and hone it; I wonder how long it'll take me before I can shave with it?