I restore as much as possible and ive had a time of it at times getting the bevel set but have worked thru that learning some new tecniques. Ive learned to hone thru little steps from 1k, 3k, 5k, 8k, and finshing with 12k. I had been really happy with the outcome with pretty smooth and sharp edges but in the last couple months ive noticed im loosing the smooth part of this.

The only thing that comes to mind that i have been doing differenly is spending more time on the 12k stone working the bevel more to get rid of more of the stria left behind. This is being done with very little preasure and the bevels are really comming out with little stria left but now im noticing the comfort leval getting less and this confuses me.

Shouldnt less stria left on the bevel make the edge even that much straighter and in turn smoother feeling? Im going to go back to the 8k then 12k again on a razor or two for testing but its just not making sense to me why this is happening. B5W, checking with a loupe im finding no chips or anything on the edge that could be causing this.

Ideas? Comments?