I couldn't stand it last night, so I wound up touching up my favorite razor, a 6/8" full-hollow Wusthof so I could use it this morning. The shave was still not quite where I want it to be, but I can say that it's better than any initial shave test that I've done in the last 6 months and extremely comfortable...no razor burn at all. I'm going to hold off on using them again until I meet up with Shooter74743 next week. I'm definitely impressed with the stones thus far. On another note, I've got another little something showing up in the mail today, but that'll be the topic of another post.