Originally Posted by
Shangers
So I got tired of waiting for my new hones and strop to arrive, and just decided to try to hone it up on my old Chinese waterstone, and strop it on some linen. It was popping hairs on the back of arm with ease, but the shave was less than pleasurable. Took quite a few passes WTG, ATG, XTG and still not BBS, and my neck is not loving me right now. Also, I noticed it started tarnishing in a few spots within a couple minutes of being in the water. I thought maybe I didn't clean it enough with Alcohol after honing, so I tried to clean it up again. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying attention and the gold wash (etching) on both sides of the "facharleit" came off. Is that normal? I still think I can get it to shave nice. I should have my hones and strop at the end of the week. I guess I will know for sure at that time.