Hi res photos never were something I paid much attention to. As I told Sham, above 40x my honing goes to hell. For me it is how smooth the razor feels on my face, and how efficiently it slices the whiskers. The TNT, TPT, and finally, my own personal version of HHT tell me all I need in terms of tests.

Perhaps cutting paper as an alternative won't do any harm, but I cannot imagine it will do the edge any good.