Originally Posted by
Malacoda
Add one more convert to the Zulu Gray list.
When I first received my ZG back in January I didn't have the means of raising slurry on it and so only gave it a half-hearted try with water. Not being impressed with the results of my half-hearted, 5-minute, water-only test I stuck in my hone cabinet with the intent of trimming a small piece of it off to use as a slurry stone.
6 months later I finally got around to not only doing just that - but to also giving it my full attention in a 2 razor test. I had a 7/8 3-Crosses (J. Breidohr) and a 6/8 Estas (Max Sommer) that needed significant refreshing.
First, let me say that raising a slurry on a Zulu Gray with another piece of Zulu Gray is very difficult. After some serious rubbing I was only able to produce the slightest hint of 'smokiness' (it didn't even come near to being 'milky').
But that hint of slurry was all that was needed...
And the results were amazing.
I've tried Lynn Idwalls... light green, dark green, and dark blue Thuringians... kiita... asagi... oohira karasu... and a few synthetics, and none have been able to surpass the love I have for the edge I get off my La Dressante coticule (a very hard coticule)...
If the results I got from the these first two tests are any indicator, the Zulu Gray may very well become my new favorite finisher.