I just did my first honing of a razor I bought off ebay, and it gave a very good shave. However, when I looked at the edge under 30x Magnification I saw about 1/2 dozen little micro nicks and one decent one.

Now I looked at it again with my eyes (20/20) and I could only barely see the 1, the rest I couldn't.

So, back to the hones. Put it on the 1k Norton until all the micro nicks were gone at 40x magnification. The did the progression to make it shave ready again (Norton 4k/8k Chinese 12k Strop)

Shaved even better!

The razor now looks just as good under a microscope as a brand new Mach3 or Fusion does at 40x magnification.