Well I will definately go back to the DMT in the future, maybe not with the current razor, we'll see how she looks in the end.

Soft strokes may be the key. I am still pretty new to this and tend to be a bit heavy handed.

Given I have done several hundred strokes, I have noticed the blue removing the scratch pattern with just water. I didn't want to use a slurry because of their tendency to max out at a certain level. Before I got the DMT I used a slurry to remove metal faster. I figure now that I can set a bevel on a lower grit I will make up for the lack of slurry by doing more laps. To be honest I don't mind doing several hundred laps, I like it.

Bart, in your experience does using a blue slurry after the DMT provide an edge that is superior to simply doing a lot of strokes with just water or is it just faster?