So after experimenting on my gold dollar I went to work on my dovo. I don't have much in way of hones ect. so I made due with what I did have and broke some rules along the way but my razor came out the other end wicked sharp.

First, I tried slurry on my Guangxi and it seemed to really dull the blade as I couldn't even get an edge back no matter what I did (pressure, no pressure, all water, diluted slurry) so I went to a small fine Arkansas stone that I have for knives which is probably around 1000-1200 grit. Light pressure and honing oil and I was able to get a pretty good edge back. Then went to my guangxi and polished it up some. Then I thought I would try some reverse strokes or backward honing on the Guangxi (told you I broke some rules) and it was wicked sharp. Stropped around 60 times and I'm back in business. I know Some will say what I did will cause long term problems down the road and I am curious to hear opinions about this but hey it worked for now and I wanted to share the success to hear opinions and maybe help someone else down the road.