Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
The higher you polish without a good foundation the smoother the edge gets but perceived sharpness drops if the 2 sides of the bevel don't meet optimally. The problem is earlier than 8k or 12k.
It is odd tho if you lose the polish after 12k. My experience is opposite to that.
I wonder if pressure could have something to do with that ? Or possibly grit carried over from the coarser stones to the 12k ? I'm anal about cleaning the blade before going to the next grit, and keeping the stones isolated from each other.