Quote Originally Posted by Kingfish View Post
Thanks Jimmy, I don't remember ever doing pyrimids with shapton but I could understand why that would leave you frustrated.The 5k is a super hard stone and is not anything like the 4k Norton. Funny how we get hung up on numbers and in the end it is all about the results.

Unless the razor needs major edge work I rarely need anything under the 2k. In the event that I do they are there but the right tool for the job at hand.
Yeah, back then I was hung up on pyramids and doing it all by the numbers. I no doubt took more than a few razors to the 1k that didn't need to go there. Nowadays I start with a more careful assessment of the edge and work accordingly. As you said, results are more instructive than numbers.