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What was the support being used? Leather, fabric, or wood? Maybe some whitening toothpaste would work too. ;-)

Interesting! Thanks, it opens up a door of possibility. I wonder if powdered graphite or a silver pencil, etc., might work similarly. Ferric oxide pigment, and other pigments, I've already played...

What is a leaded strop? Pasted?

It's worth a shot, even with water. The owner of the Saurat stones from the French Pyrenees recommends a spine-leading pass with knives, and these stones are sold by Ardennes coticule as part of a...

Interesting comments, but a lot of variables so I would venture that it is how you are particularly playing the game given a unique set of circumstances. That said, I have a small nouvelle veine...