Hello all, this is my very first post here. I'm from Montreal and have been unable to find a honemeister in my city so I decided to order a Norton 8k 4k and went to Home Depot to buy a tile and some 600 grit sandpaper to lap the stone.

So I used the guide on this site to perform two consecutive pyramids with a straight stroke since my 5/8 Simmons (Germany) fits just right over the hone. Unfortunately, my razor went from dull to being a suitable butter knife. I can't ever shave hair of my forearm without excessive scraping!

so I guess it's back to my old Mach 3 until I can turn my new butter knife into as razor once again. Just to be sure, I consider a stroke as being a single stroke one way across the hone. I concluded this was right because of the use of the word stroke instead of pass; the latter would have led me to believe that 25 passes would equal 50 strokes one way across the hone. Am I mistaken in my interpretation?

Thanks in advance for your help.