I've been tinkering with my Germany Cutlery Works razor. It had a harsh edge and kinda didn't want to cut hair so I dulled the edge on the 1k, brought the bevel back, then ran it through the 4k, 8k, and hit it with a Swaty barber hone. I think I may have compounded the problem rather than fixing it! I think part of it was because I only stropped it 10 times on linen and 20 on leather. The other part of the problem may be too many passes on the barber hone.

I checked the edge under a 60x loupe. No chips that I can detect, and the scratch pattern is the smallest I've seen yet. From where I sit this should be the sharpest edge I've produced, but somehow it just fails to perform. I stropped the stuffing out of it hoping to make the edge smoother, 50 linen 100 leather. We'll see how it shaves in a few days I guess, but I have a feeling I'll be taking it back to the hones.

That brings me to my question - how far back should I take it if the problem is overhoning? 8k? 4k?