Gentlemen, to me it seems like a bad idea but I am curious if anyone has had any success in doing this? I use my DMT to lap my norton but was thinking about using it instead of buying a 200/1000k to save some cash but I have never heard of anyone using this as a sharpening stone for a straight razor. I have a few razors that are too far gone to get anywhere on the 4/8k. Any thoughts? Please chime in before I get too curious and go destroy an edge or something.