Update: I am currently sporting an awesome BBS shave and a great big smile.
The razor performed flawlessly and went through my 2 1/2 day growth like, well, like a newly honed razor.
It was a bit weird for me to use at first. I'm used to much lighter hollow ground razors. But once I got past the sensation of shaving with a meat cleaver it was full steam ahead.
I think I'll use this razor exclusively for a week or two, just to make sure the edge isn't going to go wrong for some reason. But I looked at it under 60x magnification after shaving, and it all looked quite normal. And the shave was nice and smooth all the way through the three passes.
I think we can say the experiment was a success.