I appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions. Your explanations definately make a lot sense and the cheese analogy made me smile . Do you think that it is more difficult to get an over-honed edge with pasted strops than with polishing stones since the plade is being dragged rather than being pushed through the abbrasive medium? Also would someone be able to explain exactly what a wire edge is at the blade level if it is different than the over-honed edge.

Thanks