I have been having trouble with a wapi 5/8th and a dovo 5/8ths. They are cutting arm hairs the wapi pretty well, the Dovo just a little. I am still encountering problems on my 4000 side of the norton. I lap and lap and the blade sticks or jumps around on the hone. I am new at this and I am learning my stroke on the 8000 side coming around well. The wapi I took to a pasted paddle for about 10 laps on 1.0 and 20 on .5. I shaved with it but it pulled in spots and the shave I had from my freshly honed wapi that I just bought was much better. I can still feel some stubble.
At any rate my shaves have improved 10 fold over the past couple of months. Now if I could just figure out these hones.
I am tempted to dump the norton and go with some belgian blues. I don't believe they are requried to be lapped but I do not know. Does anyone else here like any stones better that the Norton, and for what reason?