Quote Originally Posted by Stubear View Post
I dont think you should need more than 10 strokes on the 16k Shapton. Its an aggressive stone and too many strokes can make the edge start to microchip IME.

Keep practising though, its good fun!
You know, as stupid as this sounds, I can't remember if I did 10 or 20. Of course I count 1 pass on the strop as being back AND forward, I can't remember if I counted the same on the hone! Then again, on some videos I've seen, where they say 30 small circles, and then go on and do what seem like hundreds, I'd say my numeracy skills are not that bad (and at least I used the right side :-)