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Mine is a little darker than your photos, and it has narrow yellow veins running the length of it.

Great. When you find out the proper way to use it I'll be all ears.

I need a little guidance.

I honed up my new Russian today. When I got to the new Polish / C-nat I once again lost sharpness. It didn't pop hairs nearly as well as it did coming off the Norton 8K. So, I dropped back to the...

I'm impressed. You need a display case. They are all very nice.

That blade is so thin I had to look several times to figure out what I was looking at.

I just ordered one from a Polish seller. I hope it is the same one.

Unfortunately it goes all the way through the stone.

I didn't see any reason to continue it as it was obviously getting dull. This is the third razor I've tried on this PHIG with the same result.
I went back to the 8k and the sharpness came back.
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I'm thinking I got a bad one.

I used 40 circles then 20 X on a Norton 1k.
20 circles and 20 X on a Norton 4K.
20 heel first and 20 X on a Norton 8K. At this point it was popping hairs.
Went...