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Hi Neil,

Thanks for the suggestions. I know there is no real scientific way to do this. In regards to your questions - I do actually use my escher very similarly with half strokes on slurry then...

Well last night I took a razor that had an excellent escher finish to this suspected CF.

I started with a slurry and did about 20 very light half-strokes on each side and proceeded to dilute 5...

Thanks Lynn. I'm going to try it with water tonight and I also have some honing oil I may play with in the future.

After scrubbing all the oil off though I'm hesitate to expose it to more oil.

Thanks - I have another definite Charnley (green w/ red streak typical one) to compare to. I haven't tested that one yet either.

At the moment I have too many finishers and am slowly going through...

Hi Lynn,

What kind of oil and how many strokes do you do?

Guess I'll find out tonight for how the shave goes. If it degrades my escher edge, then I'd be a little disappointed.

The vein is definitely not a crack and actually is just a more of a discoloration spot as on the sides it doesn't appear like it runs down the stone.

I haven't removed it from the box and don't...

Was browsing ebay UK recently and came across an interesting action for a boxed oil stone. Seller described the stone as green/gray and it was coated pretty well with oil.

I noticed what I...