I've a noob and have been sending razors out to get honed. I've been quite satisfied with the results but I think I would like to improve my honing skills. I acquired a WB that had a nick in the center of the blade that was so old that it had rusted through to the other side, easily a full 1/16" deep. It wasn't expensive so I approached it as a teaching tool. I have a Shun/Kai 300/1K stone for kitchen knives and a Norton 4k/8k combo for finishing. Also .5 and .25 diamond on felt paddle strops.

After lapping the stones and taping up the spine (which I since learned probably had to much tape on the tang which explains why the heel wasn't sharpening), I took off enough on the 300k to get rid of the pit and down to new steel, a couple of hours later. Then with computer and youtube videos playing in the background, I used an assortment of strokes to get a bevel set on the 1K before moving up to the Nortons. The microscope showed that there still some pitting on the bevel that just didn't want to come out (probably the tape).

After a couple of passes on the diamond spray and 50 laps on the strop, I ended up with an almost acceptable shave.

Knowing that the vast majority of the probelms lay with my lack of technique, could the Shun be a factor in bevel setting? I searched and see few references to Shun/Kai stones and a lot more with Choseras, Shaptons, Norton 1K. Do folks shun the Shuns or are they just not the right tool for the right job?

I doubt that I'm going to get into restorations or do a lot of honing but it would be acquiring a new skill.