Hello Jack ,

Glad your enjoying the cutthroat way ! Are you doing x-strokes
when you strop ? I found that when I moved to x-strokes ,
all of my razor's edge was being stropped and consequently ,
stayed much sharper than before .

I have a 6k and Shapton 12k for hones and so far they are
good enough for me to maintain sharp edges !

Cheers ,

Scott