Heres the deal.....I messed up my B&B a couple weeks ago by not drying it enough. I was gonna send it out to get polished but I figured I would give it a try myself. Some MAAS and elbow grease has almost gotten all the surface rust gone. Not bad for my first attempt. However, the edge is pretty messed up. It was honed up by Joel from B&B so it came with a great edge.

It passed the thumbnail test but failed the HHT. I have never honed up a razor before. The bevel look good. I ordered a DMT 8000 grit bench hone and some green oxide. And I do have a Red Latigo strop from Mr. Miller. So Im just jumping in and I want to hone it myself. I gotta learn some how.

Funny thing is that my mess up has forced me to much better understand my razor. Questions I have are....Can my hone be used dry? Do I need to use soapy water like DMT says? And how in gods name do I get my green oxdie onto a balse paddle strop? It looks more like C4 than sharpening compound.

All in all if I didnt mess up I wouldnt have a hone and have to learn. So here goes....