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I really want to thank you, Bart, for helping me get the best out of my hones. It's really encouraging and I'm really, REALLY happy I got the stone I did.

And man, this sure is fun! :D

OK, so I went back to the BBW with slurry...I gave it about 100 laps, then tried a small test shave--much better. I polished on the cot w/ water, and the full shave was much, MUCH better than...

OK, I've decided to go through a process of elimination on the advice I've received, going from "lowest impact" to "highest impact." So today, I stropped on newspaper--got a marginal improvement. ...

Newspaper, you say? Now that's an idea! Thanks, Maarten!

Thanks guys. I guess I'll try both the linen/leather AND the BBW w/ Slurry, just because I can. :D

And yes, Jimmy, I think the satisfaction of shaving with a blade I honed myself (and I think I...

Thanks Gary. I didn't actually do so much work on blue. Maybe I'll drop down to a really light slurry on the Coticule, then bbw w/ slurry on a full set of 100+ laps then refine on the coticule with...

OK, after the chipping incident from this thread, I finall got my DA straight and smooth. I used Bart's Cot/BBW/Cot progression--the Cot with slurry to clean up the edge, then BBW to refine and...