Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
Hmm...the Belgian blue is a very slow stone and not generally thought to be a finishing stone. it's probably closer to a 6K.

Tell us about your technique. Maybe you made a discovery.

I wish i had planned or thought out a technique but it was basically starting off using the slurry stone on the BB to develop what you may call a medium thickness slurry. then i just practiced my motions back and forth on the hone very light pressure, some x patterns, figures of 8 and then some simple back and forths (all this was to just get used to running a razor along a hone and keeping it flat).


the razor itself was bought from ebay (heres the link)
Imperial UK - SHAVING STRAIGHT CUT THROAT RAZOR on eBay (end time 26-Mar-11 21:44:18 GMT)

as you can see theres nothing special about it, i was warned by the seller when buying that it needs to be sharpened as its not shave ready, after about 20 minutes on the BB with a random mix of motions i re-tested it and it cut really well, not sure how long it will hold this edge but i was just surprised by how well the BB did its work.

hope this gives a bit of insight into how i managed to put an edge on this razor.