Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
and yet the idea of a pyramid is so elusive . . .
I don't quite know if I get your point. I was talking to a very experienced honer and I told him I intended to use the 4/8 pyramid since I have gotten such good results with it.

He said that I would find that if I just stayed on the 4 until I got to where I wanted to be I could go to the 8 and I would find in the end I would have the same results. Maybe so but I am a believer in if it is working why fix it.

On the Harrelson video he says that the Shapton series is designed with the grit being doubled in the progression so 4 to 8 to 16 is ideal. He doesn't use the pyramid but rather progressive honing using the same method as he uses for plane blades adapted to razors........ but that is another topic.