Guess Ill start off with my honing progression
I start with naniwas 1/5k then progress to my welsh slates (claimed as 8-12-15k but who really knows thats the order I use them in and it seems to work really well) Then I use pasted strops, Dovo Red and Black paste, then linnen and leather stroping.
Ive gotten very nice edges doing this. But a while ago I had one that ddint give me a great edge, I could shave but the was too much tugging going on. I took it back to the pasted stops but no improvement. Decided I'd have to go back to the stones but didnt do anything as life gets in the way sometimes. Now the weird part, couple weeks ago I decided to give it a try again and took it to the pasted stops and shaved. Turned out to be a great shave, have put it back into rotation and used it a couple of times since all very very satisfactory.
Anyone ever have this kind of thing before where you just leave it for a whiel then come back do nothign really different but end up somehow having things work?