I sharpened up a Wade and Butcher using the 1,2,&4K white glass, then went to the 8JP, then the 16 &30K white. As I said before, the feel of the 8JP was very similar to the 8pro, which I have always not really liked (feeling-wise, not result-wise), but for some reason, there was something just a little different with the JP that just felt "righter" in this case.

Upon going to the 16K white from the 8JP there was a definite un-uniformity in the feeling that is not there when going from 8K white to 16K white. However, I must agree that 8KJP by itself feels very smooth. I didn't try the 4K JP this time. I now wish I had.... I've still got a few more ebay specials to play with, though.

If the white are specifically for A-2 stainless, and the JP for carbon, then theoretically, we can use both sets for razors - one for stainless, and he JP for carbon - provided it makes a big enough difference. I've written to japan-tool in AU, but he is closed until Sept., so we'll have to wait to see.

The past weeks I've been dying to post on this topic and the scratch marks one. When you combine the two threads together, they make for a very interesting thinking about the approach to razor sharpening. It really got my mind going.....

It's good to be thinking about sharpening again!