After using a freshly honed razor approx. 10 times I feel the edge no longer gives me smooth, comfortable shaves. Time to refresh the edge.

My routine used to be: 10-20 laps on the Escher or vintage Thuringian followed by 50 laps on the Nakayama. After the Nakayama I give a razor for extra smoothness 30 laps on chrom. oxide pasted strop. Many members disagree with chrom. oxide after a Nakayama, that has been covered elsewhere.

The other day I decided to skip the Escher. I didn't like the resulting edge. So my hypothesis is that the Nakayama alone is too fine to get the edge back to the condition it was in the last time I honed it.

So do you have the experience that a too fine finishing hone alone is not enough to get the edge where you want it?