Hello good people,

I've been messing around with my natural stones quite a bit lately. I've greatly enjoyed much of the results, but some still leave me wondering . In general I have been bevel setting on my Belgian Blue, honing on coti I have both a newer ardennes coti as well as a smaller ( I believe finer) vintage coti. and finally I finish my razors on a thuri.

All of my results have been serviceable at worst, however one thing that keeps me wondering is that while I can get a wonderful edge out of finishing with about 25-50 x-strokes on pure water thuri, I have found that creating a slurry will sometimes diminish the edge (with as few as 5 strokes).

Another curiosity of mine is the polish on the edge itself. I find that when coming of of this thuri the edge looks to have a matte finish on it. Has anyone found this finish to be common or is it a better sign to have a mirror finish on your bevels?

Cheers,

Julian