Originally Posted by
RezDog
Thats is a tough one to answer. Basically when I first start on a stone the feedback of the razor has a certain feel to it. I will call that feeling dirty. As the edge gets to it's maximum smoothness for that stone the feedback is cleaner and smoother and start to feel kind of sticky or gummy on the stone. I may check it with a loop to make sure that the scratch patterns are even and the bevel should already be even and it should have already had an even shave. i check all those things at the 1k and never leave there until it's complete. So I guess the readers digest answer is feedback. Everyone will probably have there own tell tale.