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I do like your photo. The more I look at it the more I see.
I use a 10x loup and the sparkles and glints that I see in
bright light are a dead give away that I am not yet done.

I might add...

+1

Shaptons do seem to be abrasive (read as fast).

Use a light touch and half the strokes to start.
Adjust more or less as you learn the hone.
Where a Chinese 12?K natural might take 100...

Was I sleeping? "Rock"et science.
Glen you almost got away with this pun.

How did it shave?

Since this is 2012 I think the rules are changing.
A new razor might be well honed by modern standards
so any style razor may only need stropping or perhaps
a touch up with a...