Then, don’t strop on leather. An edge can be maintained on CBN and a paper or cloth strop with one of the higher grits, .25,.125 or even .10um for a very long time, with just a few laps and without any edge degradation, it will convex the bevel slightly but that is a good thing, just like Chrome or Cerium Oxide.

Not all that many years ago, an 8K Norton was the hot ticket, and some crazy guys were using 12k stones and taping spines, OMG can you believe it?… Here recently, many fought the GS20 stones as excessive waste…

It all moves the needle forward, who knows what the limit is. It is not just about keenness, comfort is more important than keenness. And we are making strides in both directions, the finer the stria the straighter, smoother the edge.

We are talking about “a high quality and durable shaving edge” and about Excess in this post…

Today’s excess is tomorrows normal. Like I said, guys are cutting up Jnats and GS20s to hone EDC knives on jigs. And some guys still hone razors on a full natural progression… Do what makes you happy.

Like a wise man once said… “Have Fun”.