And it starts . . .

Bought some baby oil tonight and a cheap Faberware knife at Walmart. Spent an hour watching TV with the Missus and slowly making X-stroke passes back and forth while occasionally reloading the oil. I probably put more oil on the stone than needed, but what the hell, I doubt it will do any harm. After the show was over I added more oil and wiped the stone clean, as I saw in a video. Took a little dab of oil after that and ran it across the stone and put it away. I probably could have used more pressure, but I am in no great rush to use this finisher, so slow and steady is fine with me. It took a LOT of metal off, that is for sure, and it is starting to acquire a sheen, if not a mirror finish. Looking forward to working it more later this week.