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So I'm testing that NOS rainbow swirly Washita I got recently. I took this old Joseph Elliott Best Silver Steel, one of my 1st razors (and the edge still showed it), reset the bevel on the Chosera green brick, and then did some mid-range work on the washita that I had finished out to 2k with a diamond belt. About 75 laps on water, another 75ish on water and glycerine, and finished on my trusty surgical black Arkansas.

No synthetics touched the edge after the bevel set. While the washita left a more hazy, ragged scratch pattern following the Chosera, I resisted the temptation to switch to my Norton 4/8. Some Japanese-style half-strokes with a bit of torque cleaned them up to a degree on the surgical black Ark. My usual post-hone stropping progression had the edge passing my standard "tree-topping" arm hair test-the fine hairs were just jumping away. We'll see on the shave test.

More testing is warranted. If this one is not optimal for razors, I'm certain it will be great for knives-we'll see.