Well today I got enough equipment to start honing razors. A belgium coticule, there are two sides so I started on the rough side. I must have made a thousand x'es but it doesn't matter. It still won't cut any hair, nor does it produce any slurry. It does produce grey stuff, but that's probably the metal from the razor. The only thing the thumbnail test showed me that it has become smoother.

What am I doing wrong? I've honed for at least 3 hours and I'm too tired to hone for today. I know belgium is a slow cutter, but is this normal? Should I have bought the norton 4/8 k after all? If the norton is better, should I go for the 1/4k or the 4/8k? Since the belgium is probably 6/10k.

PS, the flattening stone was forgotten by the seller and will be mailed later, so I didn't have the flattening stone to create slurry.