I will have to give it another try with another razor. I honed a Torrey with this stone and it worked as good as any other Thuringians I have. I use a microscope on the edge and it didn't scratch the edge,but it did give it a better edge. It didn't pass the hanging hair test off the Norton and neither off of this stone, I did strop like I usually do after finishing and it did pass the hanging hair test afterwards. I will keep everyone posted. This stone to me is as soft as any Thuri that I have and I have some Eschers with labels and light blue colors, blue green, yellow green, dark blues to compare it with, I don't know like I always say "Go figure "!!