I did inspect at each stage. the jasper cuts slow, so it's possible that I didn't get to the bottom of the 8000 scratches before going to chrome oxide. next honing I'll substitute .5 micron diamond for the jasper, then chrome oxide. these are down near the limit of my scope to see- the chrome oxide just makes it shinier as far as the scope can resolve. I think that the scratches below about 1 micron are sub-pixel wide so I can't see them.
previous pitting is a definite possibility with a vintage blade.