Another update from over the weekend:

Did 50 more passes on the Apart then 40 passes on leather strop .

The shave continued to improve.

I will do 50 more tonight. That brings me up to probably close to 200 passes on this Apart which I think is kind of silly. I suppose the advantage of intermediate hones is that I get to avoid all that. Good news is that it gives me a good idea of the grit of the apart - must be really fine, eh?

Still patiently waiting on that 4/8...