It wasn't the same sheet the whole time. Forgot to mention that.

The point was that the number of strokes isn't really important.

I doubt I will be wearing out a wedge if I haven't even removed half of the bevel.

I prefer the 2000 because one thing I discovered when I got a microscope was that there were marks remaining from coarse grit papers even when I thought I was supposed to be on the finish hone.

I went to a higher grit to keep from leaving microscopic plow furrows and micro chipping in the edge.
It didn't happen all the time but once or twice of 35 mins honing just to find out that you are roughly where you started is frustrating.
Now I stick to 2000 unless it's a HUGE chip like 3/16.