Oh, i am by no means a Vet! I've got a long ways ahead of me before i could say that!
I appreciate the input gugi.
My reasons for the number of strokes is somewhat logicical in my perspective. Being a beginner, it wasn't too long ago that i was in daflorc's position, and i have come to realize that the biggest problem i faced a month ago was assessing the edge - in fact, i'm still learning about it. It is my understanding that, on belgian hones, it is difficult to over-hone.
By suggesting that particular number, i estimated that you could conservatively assert that the resulting edge (assuming no miss-strokes or damage to the razor) would yield something akin to a shave ready edge. This would take miss-assessing the edge during the process out of the equation. by the end of it you'll have a confident base line with which you can compare future assessments. It's (in my opinion of course) the next best thing to having a shave-ready razor honed by someone like lynn.
On synthetics you can simply back down to the previous grit and then progress back to a finer grit should you not have established an appropriate bevel. of course you run the risk of over-honing, but you'll know. On a BBW once you dilute, it's somewhat hard to go back withought starting over- because there are no definite grit equivilents, nor can you measure slurry concentration. It's all by feel, and how can you judge by feel without experience or even a base-line? I spent weeks honing, diluting too early, then starting over, only to have recently achieved an actual base-line, and now i can hone a razor much more consistently and quickly now that i can assess when it is time to dilute.
Again, all i have posted is my opinion and suggestion, not fact. I definitely would not suggest doing anything with that rather nice dovo. Why would you if you can have something else for $10.
Besides, being a beginner myself and having done everything i posted myself, i can tell you that even if you fudge up and do everything over and over you won't kill a vintage razor. I've even done the exact same thing on my new la dressante bout natural combo bout with a vintage german 1/2 hollow, and i don't see any unreasonable wear. On both it's BBW and the coti side which is significantly faster.
Basically what i'm saying is, even if my method proves completely wrong and horrible, the consequences aren't disasterous and life-threatening. It really is essentially the "dilublue" that dr. ralfson posted over at the coticule cafeteria, except i added a bevel correction step (dovo factory edge), and another set of x-strokes at another level of slurry that i found beneficial.
I started out too timid with the BBW when i started. then i read dr. ralfson's post and thought that doing 300+ strokes was crazy. but then i did it and saw such an improvement over my own timid efforts i thought i'd pass it along and save a few weeks of half-success.