Here are a couple honed up.
Bevel set, no tape
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8rYf57g.jpg[/IMG]
Move to a natural Canadian oil stone, not Washita followed by coti. Very fast mid level cutter with oil. Faster and less aggressive than a Norton 4K.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/L0zCsIj.jpg[/IMG]
Pre-finisher unknown Japanese natural prep for final finish.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eAVUymP.jpg[/IMG]
Final finish on Nakayama Mizu Asagi I got from So Yamashita some years back. Very slow but very, very fine.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JZHe0iy.jpg[/IMG]
Mike