Another Zulu hone success but a learning lesson. I've been having great luck with using just water on my blades with this stone.50-100 laps on plain water has been making them very sharp and smooth. But when I put my Heritage Flaschner on it I could tell that it didn't like it. It was not smooth at all but almost scratchy. The Flaschner is a stainless steel blade that takes and holds a great edge but has been picky about hones


So I used my dmt to make a medium slurry and it took to it like a duck to water. Just used finger drops to keep the slurry thin for about 30 X strokes then started to dilute dipping the blade in water every 10 laps until I got to plain water, whereupon the blade started feeling the same scratchiness, so I stopped. 30 on linen, 40 on buffalo and 20 on palm.

Shave today was nothing short of amazing. Silky smooth and effortless. Just how I like it. Now I have to revisit the slurry method on other blades. I love this rock!