The Shapton 30K taunts me. I know it's probably overkill, but I won't be able to resist forever.

I was touching a few razors up on my Shapton 16k tonight (love that stone) and one of them prior to any touching up had a barely perceptible wire edge. Edge leading was a bit slow so I backhoned it off in about 10 passes (the wire edge was NOT from the 16K. I received the razor for free and had not honed it myself).

That got me thinking....have you guys that own the 30K tried just backhoning with that stone like you would stropping or on newspaper? Since the Shapton ceramics don't seem to friable and don't create a slurry, I could hardly think a 30K could create a wire edge (some time ago in PMs, both Lynn and Dr. Moss told me that they've never got wire edges off the 30K and Dr. Moss didn't think it would be practically of not impossible with the weight of the blade only).

BJ? Anyone else try spine leading? If not, can you try it as an experiment and tell us if you notice any difference?

Thanks.

Chris L