Last night I decided to do a hone and figure out whats going on.
This time I used 3 layers of tape.
Finished the hone and went to my old broken in linen strop .
There was some edge break up , just a little but still about 2 tiny points caught the light.
Then I hit my new Kanayama linen strop and the edge degraded even more.
So this edge was stronger with 3 layers but still failing and effected more by the new unbroken in Kanayama strop.
I did some thinking... My edges weren't like this before, my brother used to text me that hed just had the best shave of his life off my honing and I was over the moon with my shaving results.
Then I think I figured it out.
When I first started honing , I tried to copy the Lynn Abrahams Shapton guide but the edges weren't sharp enough. So I started doing more circles and laps but over time I was decreasing my circles and laps , trying to do exactly what Lynn shows in his video.
Eventually I decreased my circles,laps,pressure, to a point where I was getting dull edges.
I then realised and this was about 2 months ago, that Lynn uses a shave ready blade in his videos ,where as I use a dull edge that's been dragged on the stone before honing.
So I thought I was justified in doing near enough double what Lynn does in his videos (with the 1k and 4k) to achieve a nice edge, which has lead me here.
My next test will be a hone doing the minimal actions and see what happens.
Hopefully I can fit a session in tonight ...