Quote Originally Posted by niftyshaving View Post

Shapton Glass hones just work. The only problem with them is they are so fast
it is only necessary to use half the strokes on the hone with only the weight of
the razor. Use the Shapton with a much lighter hand.
You are correct with both these statements, the Shaptons are very fast and demand a lighter touch and it took me awhile to figure this out, I currently start at the 4K and then go 8K ( Both Shapton GS ) and then finish on one of a few different naturals and then strop, sometimes I will do 5 weight of blade passes on a pasted strop with .25 diamond spray and then do 5-7 light passes with .5 CrOx, I know that sounds counter productive doing the .25 then .5 but the latter seems to soften the edge. I normally like just the natural edge finish but lately have been playing with sprays/pastes just to see what they are capable of and I also have thought about adding a Naniwa 12K SS as it seems to get a lot of love from a lot of ppl.