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Tom, you can do a full progression on Arks, (typically a Washita, Hard Ark and Translucent or Surgical Black), but if you have a Norton 1k, use it to set the bevel.

Put 2 layers of electrical tape...

Hey Glock, sorry was not on line earlier.

If you see a line in a thread that is underlined it is a link, usually to the post that they are talking about, just click on it and it will take you...

So pressure is the thing we cannot quantify and does not translate well, with words.

Don’t use so much, that you flex the blade, but use more than you are, so you flatten the bevel and hone to...

Here is a good thread from a then new honer taking a problem razor from bevel set to shave ready.

If you really want help on your particular problem, post photos of your razor, hones and what...

And that is part of what you will get from hands on learning. We always say no pressure, but that is not true, especially when bevel setting.

You need some pressure, sometimes a lot of pressure....

“I assume that my La Grise with slurry is faster than the BBW with slurry, correct? “
No.

They are Natural stones, and even if they were from the same layer of coticule as yours, they might be...

The coticules are one of the hardest stones to learn to hone on for a complete progression, because they vary so widely in performance. They are great for touching up, once a bevel is fully set, so...

The bevel is not fully set.

You can not polish an edge that does not exist.

If you are going to do a full Coticule progression, you should at least grit rate your 3 stones to see where they...