Quote Originally Posted by rlmnshvstr8 View Post
So let me toss something out there, going with this idea of a more refined edge after you went back to the previous grit. Don't hate me for this, its just me tossing out an idea to see if it makes sense

Could it be possible that using the pyramid method, that it is not just a course grit scratch pattern being erased by a fine grit scratch pattern as you would see if you just progressed from your 800 to 3K using the progression method, but going back (as the pyramid would prescribe) it would be somewhat as if you worked on a succession of several stones going from 800 to 3000 rather than just the 2. For example, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, but only using two stones as like a slow progression up to your final grit.

Or let me say it this way

15 laps on 800, 1 on 3K = ~800 grit
10 laps on 800, 3 on 3K = ~1000 grit
5 laps on 800, 5 on 3K = ~1500 grit
3 laps on 800, 10 on 3K = ~2000 grit
1 lap on 800, 15 on 3K = ~2500 grit
final 1 lap on 800, 15 on 3K = ~3000 grit

This is just an idea, feel free to shoot it down if it sounds like none-sense. But it would explain the "sneak up" to the edge philosophy.
I was thinking along those lines as I was typing my first response and that seems a plausible explanation. I think that there may be something more going on though.

I definitely want to continue this discussion after thinking about it some more and hopefully spending some time with the stones.