Hello everyone,

I recently bought a naniwa 12k for "touching up" my straight razor. I also bought a microscope for 60x-100x magnification. By normal eye observation the blade looked pretty straight, but using the microscope I saw very small chips. I also have a 0.1 micron iron oxide and 0.3 chromium oxide pasted strops. I was wondering. The razor Im trying to hone is a wedge razor. I was wondering if someone could tell me how many honing strokes I should use on the naniwa, and whether I should use a pasted strop afterwards to smooth out the edge or not. I also saw on the Lynn DVD that for wedge razors, holding the blade at an angle and going straight down vs an x pattern works better for wedge razors. Should I use that kind of honing pattern? Also, what should I be looking for on the microscope to let me know that I am done?