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One more point about the slurry: Instead of pouring water on the Belgian hones, I use a little spray bottle to mist the surface of the hone. This way the water doesn't pool as much.

I also don't...

I pretty much resign myself to getting slurry all over myself when I use these hones... :)

Josh

Si,

The slurry does tend to run away a little bit on me. I'm curious what other guys have found with their coticules. Trying to visualize how this works... I think I stop my stroke an inch or so...

Here are a couple of quick clarifications to my original post and a summary of some of the main points I was trying to make:

I only use low-grit hones like the DMT and the Norton 1K for razors...

You certainly shouldn't need anything more than your Norton to get your Dovo shaving. The Belgians are just another route to get to the same place. :)

You might try starting a thread and...

The shave test went well. No problems with this steel. :D

Josh

Yesterday I got the razor that bpatton was selling in the Buy/Sell forum. He was selling it cheap because he couldn't quite get it shaving, so I thought I'd write a post about how I got it...