That's a good question...and one I don't have a ready answer for. I like the results I got polishing the stuffing out of my other slates. But the back side of them that I use with slurry still has tooth since they were unmarred new stone and finishing the surfaces differently was an option.

This one didn't come with a slurry stone, and I want to preserve the scratches, so I was just going to polish the one surface like I do just about everything else. Testing it versus my other polished slates without the same treatment wouldn't exactly be fair.

But for kicks and grins I could pause the polishing process at certain intervals and do a quick touch-up/test shave with something to see what (if anything) happens. No harm adding more experiments to the game plan.