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Looks about the same as mine, if you have a hard time raising slurry score your slurry stone with sandpaper.

If you can show us what your stone looks like I'd be interested to see it. Glad you got a good one!

I have been letting the slurry dry on my stone and reuse it, which will be the seventh time I have reused the same slurry. I'm kind of surprised, but the scratch pattern is getting finer even under...

Slip stones are whetstones like ours but shaped to accommodate for funny shaped edges, like gouges or wood turning tools.

Well I got another shave in today, using my Perfecto, and Wolff Lane & Co. razors alternating to test and compare the edges. I redid the Wolff Lane without a micro bevel this time. They both shaved...

Everyone's stone is different, with some comparable qualities. What are you having trouble with? What type of setup are you working with? Describe the characteristics of your stone and where you are...

By the way Mike, Tim, and Bobby have been great friends to me since starting this thread and the knowledge gained here is just part of the reward but the friendly comradery is by far the best part.

You will have to take pictures and do a thorough side by side comparison for us to confirm or repute our suspicions. :)

That's a question I would only be able to answer by seeing it. When you say satin, I think... I know what you mean. On any stone when I have replaced the previous scratch pattern completely there is...

Just got done honing my Perfecto razor on the reused slurry. Something I noticed, not only finishing on slurry gives me a much more refined edge, but also gives it a much smoother edge. I say this...

Mike, when I was looking at your pics I was going to say you should try working the same slurry for a while because your c-nat looks somewhat similar to mine. I get the same results, finishing with...

Wow, you have an impressive and admirable razor collection Mike. Truly amazing, love how you got everything organized. You don't need to move it to another thread, I'm sure everyone loves eye candy...

Glad to see you ironed things out with your razor. The rolling X stroke is probably one of the most useful methods for anyone collecting straights. I personally never liked using pyramid honing...

That's because things that are cheap in price are usually written off as a poor product. If these stones were quarried in any other country I bet they would cost 4 times the price. I'm just happy I...

My new experiment which I think will give positive results given the characteristics of my stone, is working a fine slurry and letting it dry onto the stone and reuse the slurry over again. I read...

You should try a rolling X stroke, very light rolling X stroke should provide an even bevel and honing. Even though we would like all of our razors to be perfectly flat, that is rarely the case. The...

Well I got a shave test in today, tested both my Wolff Lane Boker, and my Torrey.

Stones used: King 1k, Norton 4k/8k, C-nat

I honed my Boker the same as usual but just for kicks right as it was...

The Kings are darn good stones for the money. I know what you mean, after using a smooth stone like my King 1k the Norton 4ks feedback feels grittier even though it's not. The 8k Norton seems to be...

I have a question for all of you guys here. How heavy is your stone? Mine is really heavy and dense, like surprisingly heavy.

I touched up my Wolff, Lane & co. Boker tonight. Tried a couple different things to prove my theory with my stone. I was more aggressive when creating a slurry and the edge was more coarse compared...

You can do the one stone honing routine, it's just going to take a while and extra finesse. I've done it before, and actually use the one stone honing method to gauge a new stones characteristics...

Don't worry I was the only one posting for a few days last week. That just says when some of us are lazy, as I have not needed to hone lately. lol But I think I am going to touch up some of my razors...

Yeah from what I keep hearing, if someone can go to a woodcraft and pick and choose which one they want. That if you want a high end finisher, pick a hard stone that is very dark grey to black, and...

Yeah, I have had my c-nat for awhile and it does take a little while to find how she likes to be used. I have noticed guys with softer stones work best without slurry, and the harder ones work better...

A very important characteristic of my c-nat is that mine is a very hard stone. Hard enough it does not release slurry from just the blade. Which is the key to why my stone is such a high end...