So I took FPs advice and went back to my hones. After an hour each on the 5 and 12ks I finally had an edge that worked on my leg and face.

50 hits on the leather and then I looked at the edge under magnification. The edge looked ground not polished. The striations were fine and not large. Is the edge supposed to be polished like the face of the blade or is it supposed to look ground?

Does anyone have any pics of a shave sharp, shave ready, whatever you want to call it edge?

Being visual it would be appreciated. In lieu of pics a well described look would work.