I did the bread-knifing and the edge was flat using a 220 Norton. Did about 3 long strokes (lightly) on the edge of the blade. I then did 10 angled strokes in each direction, and then 3 straight strokes, followed by 2 X strokes, I repeated with 2 more long strokes as there seemed to be a bit of a nick, and then the 3 straight and 2 X strokes. All with 3 layers of tape.

Next I moved to 1K with 1 layer of tape. I've done circles 20+20 six times, and then 15 X strokes twice. I checked edge. I did another 20 + 20 circles and then 10 X strokes and checked. Did this process three more times. Checking in between.

It "seems" like the edge meets well for 2/3 of the length, to the heel. The toe doesn't seem to meet quite yet. It's really hard to tell.

Here is a shot of the 1/3 towards heel and then 1/3 towards toe:

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It's really hard for me to get focused well on the edge.

I'll stop for tonight, but any suggestions on how to proceed? Continue with circles only? Alternate with circles and X strokes? More or less counts of each?

I'm liking how 2/3 of the edge look (to a very untrained eye, of course )