Hey guys,

I have been loosely following these discussions on the belgian coticules, while I haven't been in the loop for some time on straight razors, as other edged tools have taken most of my time, I still enjoy honing a razor every now and then.

Anyways, I honed a TI last night with my nearly worn out Norton 4K/8K, then proceded to give it a few laps on a belgian. Result?, bad edge. I got out the loup, there were some much coarser scatches along the whole edge. Before you ask, the stone came from perfectedge.com.... it a small trapezoid bout stone.

I have always thought that the belgian and every other natural stone on earth was coarser than a synthetic, this confirms it for me. I realize that natural stones cut differently, so you can't really compare them to synthetics, but I haven't seen where they are good for razors yet. Has anyone had a similiar experience, or am I just kookoo for coco puffs?

Thanks,
Lee