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I back honed 4-8 strokes, stropped on my linen then 2 or so more feather light strokes then 50 on linen and 25 on leather. Made a nice enough two pass shave. Nothing like my surgical black but very...

With back hone strokes yes.

It is fine and slow compared to most of my washita stones.if you use it as a stand alone hone I do 3-4 back honing strokes and then linen and leather. It isn't going to replace my Surgical blacks but...

202047202048 all of these are washita hones.two of them are unlabeled lilly whites I bought from a carpenter.cheers . I have to take his word of course.the darker little one is boarder line...

Try wearing in one side and use the other freshly agitated.