Troggie was VERY kind to let me borrow 3 of his stones for trying out on my new OLD razors. He sent a 1000, 4000, and 8000 stone. They look a lot like my HS4 Arkansas hard oil stone in that they are thicker on the top than the bottom, and, of course, take soaking in oil. But, dimensionally, they are small stones, wedge shaped. You've probably seen them.

Now my question is this. I was honing with holding the stone in my left hand and the razor in my right giving it circular motions on the water and stone to about 10 counts and then flipping it over and doing another 10 counts of circular motion with my right hand as I also moved the stone slightly with my left and it created a nice circular action of the blade against the stone. I did about 50 counts with each stone, 1000 first going to 8000 last.

Has anyone ever honed in this "circular" fashion? I got done with the WISS, stopped it and shaved with it. Pretty much a complete shave, even on top lip, but probably not as sharp as it should be. I stropped with a 1 1/2" leather Latigo (horse tack) that I have for about 50 strokes (full up/down).

My problem is until the Dovo comes from Lynn and Don, I really don't know what a truly comfortably sharp razor is for a comparison.