Quote Originally Posted by mrjin View Post
I'm pretty sure the geometry is right, I know what I'm doing. The edge is still popping my finest hair on my hand easily but not as good as I would expect it to be. It looks like the Shapton Pro 30K cannot handle the hard stainless steel(Titan claimed it to be HRC 70, I would say even if it's not 70, it would still be in the high 60s, it skids a bit even on diamond plates) as I see much less swarfs than carbon steels.

I suspect if I strop on 0.1micron diamonds, I can bring it up with more or less 10 strokes. Have to pull out the strop though, haven't use it for quite a while.
The Shapton 30K glass is a polisher. I have to have a pretty much finished edge to notice any improvement from it. I find that my coticules can put a really nice edge on even the hardest steel and then if I go to a Vermio or Pierre la Lune it gets better. There is no question the bevel gets its best polish from the Shapton, but quite frankly, I don’t notice any improvement in the shave I get from the other finishers.